Cisco Aironet 1300 Series User manual

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Read This First
This guide is designed to help you quickly set up and configure your Cisco
Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge.
This guide does not cover mounting the access point/bridge or establishing a
bridge link. Those subjects are covered in the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series
Outdoor Access Point/Bridge Mounting Instructions, which shipped with
your access point/bridge. You must complete the procedures in the mounting
instruction document and then use this guide to initially configure the access
point/bridge to connect to your LAN.
Important Information
Recent Cisco IOS releases have changed the way an unconfigured access
point/bridge behaves when booted for the first time. This section describes
this behavior and provides instructions on how to open‘ the access point’s
configuration pages.

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Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)JA and Earlier
Setting Default Remarks
Login/Password Cisco/Cisco Case-sensitive
SSID autoinstall —
Radio status Enabled —
Roll in Radio
Network
Root bridge —
IP Address Assigned by DHCP If DHCP disabled, the default
IP address is 10.0.0.1. See the
“Assigning Basic Settings”
section on page 18 for
additional information.

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Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA
Setting Default Remarks
Login/Password Cisco/Cisco Case-sensitive
SSID autoinstall Case-sensitive
Radio status Enabled —
Role in Radio
Network
Root bridge —
IP Address Assigned by DHCP If DHCP disabled, the access
point continues to send DHCP
requests indefinitely. To assign
an IP address, you must access
the unit’s console port. See the
“Using the CLI” section on
page 14 for additional
information.

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Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA and Later
Setting Default Remarks
Login/Password Cisco/Cisco Case-sensitive
SSID None assigned You must create an SSID. See
the “Assigning an IP Address
Using the CLI” section on page
16
Radio status disabled You must enable the radio
interfaces. “Enabling the Radio
Interfaces” section on page 5
for additional information.
Role in Radio
Network
Root AP —
IP Address Assigned by DHCP If DHCP is disabled, the access
point continues to send DHCP
requests indefinitely. To assign
an IP address, you must access
the unit’s console port. See the
“Using the CLI” section on
page 14 for additional
information.

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Enabling the Radio Interfaces
In Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA and later, the access point/bridge radio is
disabled by default, and there is no SSID. You must create an SSID and
enable the radios before the access point/bridge will allow wireless
associations from other devices. These changes to the default configuration
improve the security of newly installed access point/bridges.
To enable the radio interfaces using the access point/bridge’s graphical user
interface (GUI), follow these instructions:
1. Use your internet browser to access your access point. The default login
and password is Cisco. Both are case-sensitive.
2. When the Summary Status page displays, choose Express > SSID
Manager. The Global SSID Manager page appears.
3. Create an SSID for each radio interface. An SSID can be any
alphanumeric, case-sensitive entry from 2 to 32 characters. The
following six characters are not allowed: ?, “, $. [. \, and +. In addition,
the following three characters cannot be the first character: !, #, and ;.
4. Click Apply.
5. Choose Network Interface > Radio 802.11g and the Radio Status page
appears.
6. Click Settings and the Radio Settings Page appears.
7. Click Enable in the Enable Radio field.

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8. Click Apply.
9. Close your internet browser.
Note You can enable the radios using the access point’s command
line interface (CLI). See the Cisco IOS Software Configuration
Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points for additional
information.
Checking the LEDs
The access point/bridge has four LEDs on its back panel that provide
operational information about the access point/bridge. See the following
illustration.

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The following table shows normal mode LED indications.
RRadio LED SStatus LED
EEthernet LED IInstall LED
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Note For detailed information about the LEDs, see the Cisco Aironet 1300
Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge Hardware Installation Guide.
Ethernet
LED
Status
LED
Radio
LED
Meaning
Off — — Ethernet link is down or disabled.
Blinking
green
— — Transmitting and receiving Ethernet
packets.
Blinking
amber
— — Transmitting and receiving Ethernet
errors.
Amber — — Firmware error.
— Blinking
green
— Root bridge mode—no remote
bridges associated.
Non-root bridge—not associated to
the root bridge.
— Green — Root mode—associated to at least
one remote bridge.
Non-root mode—associated to the
root bridge.

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Note The access point/bridge uses a blinking code to identify various
error conditions. See the Cisco Aironet 1300 Outdoor Access Point/
Bridge Hardware Installation Guide for a detailed description of the
codes.
Blinking
amber
— General warning.
Red Amber Red Loading Firmware error.
— — Blinking
green
Transmitting and receiving radio
packets—normal operation.
— — Blinking
amber
Maximum retries or buffer full
occurred on radio interface.
Amber Radio firmware error.
Ethernet
LED
Status
LED
Radio
LED
Meaning

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Related Documents
The following document provides detailed information about installing your
access point/bridge:
•Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge Hardware
Installation Guide
This guide provides instructions for configuring your access point/bridge
using its graphical user interface (GUI). You may also configure the access
point/bridge through its console port to access the command line interface
(CLI) and issue IOS commands. If you choose to use the CLI, please refer to
the following documents for additional information and instructions:
•Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge Software
Configuration Guide
•Cisco IOS Command Reference for Cisco Aironet Access Points and
Bridges
In addition to the integrated antenna, the access point/bridge can be used with
existing certified Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz antennas. If you are using an
optional external antenna, please refer to the applicable documentation for
the specific antenna. Antenna documentation is shipped with the antenna.
With the exception of this guide, the documents identified in this section are
available on Cisco.com. Follow this link to access them:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5861/tsd_products_support_series_
home.html