My access point may have been struck by lightning

[trevorjackson]

I have a Cisco Aironet 350 Series Wireless bridge that I suspect may have been taken out by a power surge. The Association Status light is blinking about every half second, the ethernet activity light is blinking here and there and the radio acitivity light isn't blinking at all. I cannot ping it at all nor pick up any kind of wireless connectivity. Is there any steps that someone can suggest for concluding that the device has gone bad?

[scottmac · Accepted solution]

Can you get anything on the serial console?

If you can bring up the console, check the settings (it may just be a corrupt config or OS) for IP, mask, gateway, etc.

Once you've verified the settings, you should be able to access that IP adddress with a browser (IE, Netscape, etc).

If you're not getting any activity on the console, the unit is probably whacked ...

Good Luck

Scott

[trevorjackson]

Thank you for the fast response. It turns out that the lightning took out a hub that the Wireless Access Point was plugged into. It not only cause the Wireless Access Point to not function but none of the other access points that I have here functioned either. (This access point was the root access point). I replaced the hub, and everything is working properly now.