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Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Bridge Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 5 Configuring the Bridge for the First Time
Assigning Basic Settings
• IP Address—Use this setting to assign or change the bridge’s IP address. If DHCP is enabled for
your network, leave this field blank.
Note If the bridge’s IP address changes while you are configuring the bridge using the web-browser
interface or a Telnet session over the wired LAN, you lose your connection to the bridge. If you
lose your connection, reconnect to the bridge using its new IP address. Follow the steps in the
“Resetting the Bridge to Default Settings” section on page 5-2 if you need to start over.
• IP Subnet Mask—Enter the IP subnet mask provided by your network administrator so the IP
address can be recognized on the LAN. If DHCP is enabled, leave this field blank.
• Default Gateway—Enter the default gateway IP address provided by your network administrator.
If DHCP is enabled, leave this field blank.
• SNMP Community—If your network is using SNMP, enter the SNMP Community name provided
by your network administrator and select the attributes of the SNMP data (also provided by your
network administrator).
– Read-Only—indicates the bridge allows only SNMP read accesses. Using this option, an
SNMP user cannot change bridge configuration settings.
– Read-Write—indicates the bridge allows SNMP read and write accesses. This setting allows
an SNMP user to change the bridge configuration.
• Radio Service Set ID (SSID)—Enter the case-sensitive SSID (32 alphanumeric characters
maximum) provided by your network administrator. The SSID is a unique identifier that remote
bridges use to associate with your bridge.
• Broadcast SSID in Beacon—Use this setting to allow devices that do not specify an SSID to
associate with the bridge.
– Ye s—This is the default setting; it allows a remote bridge that does not specify an SSID to
associate with the bridge.
– No—Remote bridges must specify an SSID to associate with the bridge. With No selected, the
SSID used by the remote bridge must match exactly the bridge’s SSID.
• Role in Radio Network—Click on the check box and button that describes the role of the bridge on
your network.
– Install Mode—Activates the bridge install and alignment mode. Specifies that the bridge
automatically determines the network role. If the bridge is able to associate to another root
bridge within 60 seconds, the bridge assumes a non-root bridge role. If the bridge is unable to
associate with another root bridge within 60 seconds, the bridge assumes a root bridge role.
You can also pre-configure the bridge into root or non-root modes and avoid the 60 seconds
automatic detection phase.
– Root—Specifies that the bridge connects directly to the main Ethernet LAN network and
accepts associations from other bridges.
– Non-root—Specifies that the bridge connects to a remote LAN network and must associate with
the root bridge using the wireless interface.
Note When initially powered up, the bridge is configured in Install mode with automatic detection
activated.