Aironet 1300 issues

[hazbenz001]

Hi,

I am new to Cisco equipment so I hope you can help me. I need to connect two Aironet 1300 Devices using wireless. I configured them to have the radio turned on and it is being reported as up. The IP adresses are 10.132.1.50 and 52 respectively and their SSID is hdcwlan. One is set as Root the other as NON-Root. All other settings are default. Unfortunately they will not "talk" to each other.

Can anyone please give me some guidance. I think I am missing something simple here but...

[alonzo-garza]

I have the exact same problem except the ssid's are different? I think I'm going to open up TAC case.

[scottmac]

Are they associating?

The IP addresses don't matter, except for management. On which interface did you apply the IP addresses?

The SSIDs have to be *exactly* the same (they are case sensitive).

If you could post your (sanitized) configs (both sides), they might help.

Good Luck

Scott

[alonzo-garza]

Hey thanks! I changed my SSID's to match and that worked for me! Also, I had my IP address on the BVI interface, is that correct for the 1300 bridges?

-Thanks

-zo

[rjanakan]

Configuring the root bridge to broadcast it's SSID also would be an added feature if you want to use it as a AP to connect through laptop. Hope you have wpa-psk enabled.

[marksaxton]

Hi,

I've got exactly the same problem one set up as 'Root' the other as 'Non-Root' with Radio enabled - spent the whole day on this so far and still can't get the two to 'associate'. Have you had any luck getting your two 1300's to talk? I'm beginning to thnk that I should stick to wired lan!

Regards

Mark.

[hazbenz001]

Hi,

At the time I was under some time constraints and had no luck either here or by calling Cisco. In fact the one hour return call came back three weeks later when they called to ask if I was satisfied with their response. I think you can imagine my answer!!!

In the end we sent the Cisco gear back and used Proxim equipment to do the job. It configured easily and is working well.

So unfortunately I had no chance to resolve this issue.

[hazbenz001]

I should probably add that this was the second (and last) time that they promised to call back within an hour. the first time it was a Tech who called back but again it was weeks later.

We are on target to install NZ$500,000 worth of wireless network equipment this year (did $300,000 last year) and I wanted to try and switch to Cisco gear. Now Cisco will not get any of it.

When we do Microsoft software installations they can't help us enough, whether directly or indirectly. Mostly we use the public forums with their MVP's or the documentation is online. Only twice have I had to call (both Service Pack issues) and they stayed on the phone until we had gotten it to work.

[MUHAMMAD SALEEM]

Hi guys,

I am new to wireless world; I will appreciate if you guys can answer my following questions

I have bought two Cisco Aironet 1410 Wireless Bridge, Mfg: AIR-BR1410A-A-K9-N with two Cisco Aironet 28dBi Dish Antenna, Model: AIR-ANT58G28SDA

I need to connect two campuses with the distance of 7km, main campus has Internet connection, I want all of my clients get DHCP addresses in both campuses and should be able to use Internet

1. in each campus with Cisco Aironet 1410 Wireless Bridge which access point should I use?, if I go to 1310 AP which antenna should I use?, my campus is wide enough around 1km wide I want to cover each and every area, is there any omnidirectional outdoor antenna which can work with AP 1310 and give me enough coverage like 1km??

Then I would be able to use AP 1310 on both ends with Cisco Aironet 1410 Wireless Bridge.

2. Can I use a bridge like an access point, it stays in bridge mode so I can use long range antennas because CISCO has categorized antenna with bridge mode and Access point mode, Access point antennas are very short range but bridge antennas are very high range, so can it possible to use Cisco Aironet 1410 Wireless Bridge in an access point mode with high gain antenna?

I will appreciate all of comments and ideas

Muhammad Saleem

[alonzo-garza]

I got mine working, the way I got it to work was I set both up with the same SSID one as ROOT & the other as NON-ROOT. They are about 1/2 mile apart from eachother. On the ROOT, you do a channel test to see what the clearest channel is, let's say your ROOT liks channel 6. Now, go to your non-root and reboot it. According to Cisco, the non-root should automatically find the ROOT and sync up on channel 6. Let me know if this answers your question. If not, maybe I can e-mail you my configs for both AP's and you can compare mine to yours!

-Alonzo