Aironet 1850 as a standalone (Mobility express master)

jfvaliente · ‎07-06-2018

Aironet 1850 as a standalone (Mobility express master)
I have just purchased a brand new AIR-AP-1852I-E-K9 for our waiting room.

I have never had a Cisco product before. We always had some cheap consumer APs before.

I connected the AP to the POE and it gets an ip. But the CiscoAirProvision SSID won't show up.

After a lot of research I am a little bit confused. Maybe someone can help me.

- For all i know, i have the wrong firmware on my AP. I need to install the Mobility Express version so the AP can act as standalone.

- I don't have any contract with cisco so I can't download this firmware. Why do I need a contract to download software from Cisco?

Any help would be very appreciated and sorry for my English.

myemailstuff417 · ‎07-29-2018

Did you get this figured out? I finally got it after a day of messing with it. I'm extremely new to all this. But i can help you out while i still remember how lol

pieterh · ‎08-09-2018

at purchase you select the ap with light image or full image

if you register the ap by SN under your account in "my devices" you may be able to download the software

AIR-AP18XX – Is it CAPWAP or Mobility Express?
AIR-AP-1852I-B-K9 – Ships with CAPWAP image
AIR-AP1852I-B-K9C – Ships with Mobility Express image which is built on top of CAPWAP
For Mobility Express, <sh version> on AP should display-  AP Image Type - MOBILITY EXPRESS IMAGE  AP Configuration - MOBILITY EXPRESS CAPABLE