Getting Started Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 About this Guide
- 2 Introduction to the Access Point
- 3 Safety Instructions
- 4 Unpacking
- 5 Access Point Ports and Connectors
- 6 Preparing the Access Point for Installation
- 7 Installation Overview
- 8 Performing a Pre-Installation Configuration
- 9 Mounting and Grounding the Access Point
- 10 Powering the Access Point
- 11 Configuring and Deploying the Access Point
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Checking the Access Point LEDs
- 14 Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information
- Manufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement
- VCCI Statement for Japan
- Guidelines for Operating Cisco Aironet Access Points in Japan
- Statement 371—Power Cable and AC Adapter
- Industry Canada
- Canadian Compliance Statement
- European Community, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein
- Declaration of Conformity with regard to the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC & Medical Directive 93/42/EEC
- Declaration of Conformity for RF Exposure
- Generic Discussion on RF Exposure
- This Device Meets International Guidelines for Exposure to Radio Waves
- This Device Meets FCC Guidelines for Exposure to Radio Waves
- This Device Meets the Industry Canada Guidelines for Exposure to Radio Waves
- Cet appareil est conforme aux directives internationales en matière d'exposition aux fréquences radioélectriques
- Additional Information on RF Exposure
- Administrative Rules for Cisco Aironet Access Points in Taiwan
- Operation of Cisco Aironet Access Points in Brazil
- Declaration of Conformity Statements
- 15 Configuring DHCP Option 43
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Deploying the Access Point on the Wireless Network
After you have mounted the access point, follow these steps to deploy it on the wireless network:
Step 1 Connect and power up the access point.
Step 2 Observe the access point LED (for LED descriptions, see “Checking the Access Point LEDs”
section on page 22).
a. When you power up the access point, it begins a power-up sequence that you can verify by
observing the access point LED. If the power-up sequence is successful, the discovery and join
process begins. During this process, the LED blinks sequentially green, red, and off. When the
access point has joined a controller, the LED is chirping green if no clients are associated or
green if one or more clients are associated.
b. If the LED is not on, the access point is most likely not receiving power.
c. (Only for APs in Unified configuration) If the LED blinks sequentially for more than 5
minutes, the access point is unable to find its primary, secondary, and tertiary Cisco wireless
LAN controller. Check the connection between the access point and the Cisco wireless LAN
controller, and be sure the access point and the Cisco wireless LAN controller are either on
the same subnet or that the access point has a route back to its primary, secondary, and
tertiary Cisco wireless LAN controller. Also, if the access point is not on the same subnet as
the Cisco wireless LAN controller, be sure that there is a properly configured DHCP server
on the same subnet as the access point. See the
“Configuring DHCP Option 43” section on
page 41 for additional information.
Step 3 Reconfigure the Cisco wireless LAN controller so that it is not the Master.
Note A Master Cisco wireless LAN controller should be used only for configuring access
points and not in a working network.