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Cisco Aironet 1815i Configuration

thehumi12
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Hi All,

I purchased a Cisco Aironet 1815i at the suggestion of the pre-sales team at Cisco. I am using it meerly as a wireless access point in my office where I have between 10 and 25 users using wifi. The issue I have is that is does not have any default configuration. My question is simply this: Is there a built-in web app to configure this product, or do I need a CIsco Support Contract in order to download the software required to configure this product?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks!

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Hello, I have an issue and I would like to ask for help. I have 5 Cisco aironet 1832s and I want them to work in a autonomous mode, standalone. How can I accomplish this? I have mobility express installed in all of them but when I boot one the others join the first.

 

Hi,

 

Autonomous mode is not supported in 1832.

You can use it as ME or lightweight. 

 

 

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I have a similar issue -- trying to bring up an 1815i with Mobility Express (ultimately I will have 7 of them working together on a small campus of a non-profit).

 

Cisco Support granted me a download of the ME software, however when I load it up to the AP via tftp, I ultimately receive the following message:

  "Image downloaded, writing to flash...
    do CHECK_ME, part1 is active part
    ERROR: INVALID COMMAND PASSED TO capwap-upgrade.sh
    Error: Image update failed.

Any ideas how to overcome this?  I'd like to avoid buying yet another piece of hardware....

 

I have same Problem. I have purchased 2 x Cisco Aironet 1815i becuse it should works as standalone. I bought 2x AIR-AP1815I-E-K9  
I am new in Cisco. I have spent many time to bring the AP to live. But, it is not possible :( .
Now I know, I need the AP configure to Mobility Express. Can anybody help me? Is this the right image: AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-103-0.tar ?
I cant download it, I have no contract with cisco, what should I do?

That is my AP:

BOOTLDR: U-Boot boot loader Version 30

AP1880.90CD.B4C0 uptime is 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes
Last reload time   : Fri Jun 23 04:33:12 UTC 2017
Last reload reason : Capwap Discovery Failed

cisco AIR-AP1815I-E-K9 ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) with 1015956/834592K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FCW2125JBUV
AP Running Image     : 8.3.111.0
Primary Boot Image   : 8.3.111.0
Backup Boot Image    : 0.0.0.0
1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 802.11 Radios
Radio FW version : 8edf74e05d634a962e683454e8fc1be2
NSS FW version : not available

Base ethernet MAC Address            : 18:80:90:CD:B4:C0
Part Number                          : 0-0000-00
PCA Assembly Number                  : 074-105850-02
PCA Revision Number                  : 0
PCB Serial Number                    : FOC21242REU
Top Assembly Part Number             : 074-114245-02
Top Assembly Serial Number           : FCW2125JBUV
Top Revision Number                  : C0
Product/Model Number                 : AIR-AP1815I-E-K9


I will need more APs, what wersion of AIR-AP1815 has the Mobility Express? Is itCisco AIR-AP1815I-E-K9C ?

 

Thanks for your answers

 

Martin

Hello

How did you solved this issue

am facing the same problem right now

thanks for sharing the solution if any

i already have the image

but after i copied the image via tftp  got this error message similar of the one mentioned above i a comment earlier :  

"Image downloaded, writing to flash...
  do CHECK_ME, part1 is active part
  ERROR: INVALID COMMAND PASSED TO capwap-upgrade.sh
  Error: Image update failed."

Any feedback on this?

 

 

 

Are you trying to convert ap to mobility express? Please share "show version" 

Which image you tried pushing to the Ap?(.Zip file or.tar file) 

 

the below is sh version

 

cisco AIR-AP1815I-E-K9 ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) with 1015956/834552K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FGL2111B21M
AP Running Image     : 8.3.111.0
Primary Boot Image   : 8.3.111.0
Backup Boot Image    : 0.0.0.0
1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 802.11 Radios
Radio FW version : 8edf74e05d634a962e683454e8fc1be2
NSS FW version : not available

Base ethernet MAC Address            : 00:2C:C8:8B:1A:80
Part Number                          : 0-0000-00
PCA Assembly Number                  : 074-105850-02
PCA Revision Number                  : 0
PCB Serial Number                    : FOC210765FS
Top Assembly Part Number             : 074-105850-02
Top Assembly Serial Number           : FGL2111B21M
Top Revision Number                  : A0
Product/Model Number                 : AIR-AP1815I-E-K9

 

I am converting the 1815i AP to mobility express using the following image downloaded from cisco

AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-105-0

And it is being uploaded via tftp as .tar file

 

It may be because of the bug CSCuz81074.

You will need to upgrade the AP to 8.5.105.0 then you can convert the AP to ME.

To upgrade the AP to 8.5.105.0:

* Download the lightweight image for the AP.
* Upgrade the AP from CLI using the following command:

Ap#Archive download-sw /force-reload /overwrite    tftp://x.x.x.x/Apimagename
* This will upgrade the AP and reload it.
* Then you can do the conversion.

Ap#ap-type mobility-express   tftp://x.x.x.x/AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-105-0.tar

 

 

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Hi Vengatesa, I have the identical issue.

 

When you say "download the lightweight image for the ap", are you referring to the ap1g4-capwap file included in the zip file of AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-105-0.zip, or another file? The only lightweight file I

can find is ap1g5-k9w8-tar.153-3.JF1

 

EDIT: I worked it out...it's the .tar file.

I am referring to the light weight image: 

ap1g5-k9w8-tar.153-3.JF1.tar

 

-- First do: 

Archive download-sw /force-reload /overwrite    tftp://x.x.x.x/ap1g5-k9w8-tar.153-3.JF1.tar

 This will upgrade the AP and reload it.
--Then you can do the conversion.

Ap#ap-type mobility-express   tftp://x.x.x.x/AIR-AP1815-K9-ME-8-5-105-0.tar

Hi,

your advice helped me a lot.
Thanks.

Jed

m.rana.ku
Level 1
Level 1

Hi,

In the following video step by step process has been shown How to Configure Cisco AIRONET 3602i Autonomous/Standalone Access Point using CLI with WPAv2 Authentication Key.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZZ2BNGXQH1HPS3uIVnr7A?sub_confirmation=1

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkUfTXuwj2U

 

============ For 2.4 GHz Radio Interface ============

Step 1: Access Cisco AP|Reset AP| Assign static IP for BVI1 Interface |Default-gateway IP
ap>enable
Password: Cisco [Cisco AP default Password]
## Reset the Access Point with pressing and holding mode button ##
ap#configure terminal
ap(config)#interface bvI 1
ap(config-if)#ip address 192.168.2.4 255.255.255.0 [According to my network setup]
ap(config-if)#exit
ap(config)#ip default-gateway 192.168.2.1 [According to my network setup]

Step 2: Creating SSID | Authentication | Applying WPAv2 Authentication

ap(config)#dot11 ssid Cisco_WLAN [ Create SSID named Cisco_WLAN]
ap(config-ssid)#guest-mode [Broadcast SSID]
ap(config-ssid)#authentication open [allows any device to authenticate]
ap(config-ssid)#authentication key-management wpa version 2 [Applying WPAv2 Authentication]
ap(config-ssid)#wpa-psk ascii Cisco123 [Applying WPA Shared Key ]
ap(config-ssid)#exit

Step 3: Enable Encryption to 4.2GHz Radio interface | Apply SSID to interface| Enable Radio Interface

ap(config)#interface dot11Radio 0 [Selecting 4.2 GHz Radio interface]
ap(config-if)#encryption mode ciphers aes-ccm [Enabling CIPHER AES-CCM Encryption to interface]
ap(config-if)#ssid Cisco_WLAN [Applying SSID to Radio interface]
ap(config-if)#channel least-congested [Selecting Channel type]
ap(config-if)#no shutdown [Finally Enabling the 4.2 GHz Radio Interface]
ap(config-if)#exit
ap(config)#exit
================ For 5 GHz Radio Interface =======================

Step 2: Creating SSID | Authentication | Applying WPAv2 Authentication

ap(config)#dot11 ssid Cisco_WLAN 5GHz [ Create SSID named Cisco_WLAN 5GHz ]
ap(config-ssid)#guest-mode [Broadcast SSID]
ap(config-ssid)#authentication open [allows any device to authenticate]
ap(config-ssid)#authentication key-management wpa version 2 [Applying WPAv2 Authentication]
ap(config-ssid)#wpa-psk ascii Cisco123 [Applying WPA Shared Key ]
ap(config-ssid)#exit

Step 3: Enable Encryption to 5 GHz Radio interface | Apply SSID to interface| Enable Radio Interface

ap(config)#interface dot11Radio 1 [Selecting 5 GHz Radio interface]
ap(config-if)#encryption mode ciphers aes-ccm [Enabling CIPHER AES-CCM Encryption to interface]
ap(config-if)#ssid Cisco_WLAN 5GHz [Applying SSID to Radio interface]
ap(config-if)# channel 36 [Selecting Channel type]
ap(config-if)#no shutdown [Finally Enabling the 5 GHz Radio Interface]
ap(config-if)#exit
ap(config)#exit

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