AP1800 "AIR-AP1852E-E-K9"

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Dear Team,

I have couple of Cisco AP1800 at my branch office I want them to be register with WLC -5520 located at my HQ, Please help me with the steps I have to take to complete this installation.

Below are more details

AP Model

AP1800 "AIR-AP1852E-E-K9"

Cisco Aironet 1800 Series (IEEE 802.11ac) Access Point

Primary Software Version : 8.2.110.0

Controller 5520

Software Version

8.2.110.0

[Leo Laohoo]

Post the complete output to the WLC command of "sh sysinfo".  

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Please find attached as requested, Appreciate your urgent support.

[Leo Laohoo]

Firmware looks good.  Regulatory Domain looks good. 

Console into the AP and reboot the AP.  Post the entire boot-up process.

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Dear Leo,

I have WLC at my HQ and I have 2 Access Points at Branch, how I can register them to my WLC which is located at HQ from Branch?

[Leo Laohoo]

I have WLC at my HQ and I have 2 Access Points at Branch, how I can register them to my WLC which is located at HQ from Branch?

If the AP boots in CAPWAP image then the AP will be able to find the WLC if DHCP Option 43 is enabled. 

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Currently the AP is using Autonomous Image do I need to change it to lightweight image to register the same?

[Leo Laohoo]

Currently the AP is using Autonomous Image do I need to change it to lightweight image to register the same?

1850 do NOT support autonomous IOS.  Only CAPWAP or Mobility Express.  

To convert from Mobility Express to CAPWAP, in enable mode enter the command "ap-type capwap".

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

I am sorry the AP type is AIR-CAP2702I-E-K9 with software image(AP3G2-K9W7-M), Version 15.3(3)JBB6, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2).

can I change this one to lightweight and add the same to WLC ?

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

Yes.

To convert from Mobility Express to CAPWAP, in enable mode enter the command "ap-type capwap".

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

This command is not working

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

Mea culpa.  I didn't notice the AP was a 2702.  

Go to HERE.  Download the CAPWAP image (TAR file) and then un-pack the IOS into the AP using the command "archive download-sw /over tftp://<TFTP IP address>/filename.tar".

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

I have WLC 5520 with Version as 8.2.110.0 and AP model as   AIR-CAP2702I-E-K9, what is the appropriate lightweight version I have to download for AP?

[Leo Laohoo]

It doesn't matter, Irshad.  The main objective of the CAPWAP image is to get the AP to find and join a controller.  Once the AP joins the controller, the controller will evaluate the version of the full IOS found in the AP.  If the AP doesn't have a full version or if the full version is not at the same level as the controller, the controller will PUSH the correct version down to the AP.  

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Thanks.