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Chapter 2 Configuring the WMIC for the First Time

Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address

To browse to the WMIC Express Setup page, you must assign the WMIC IP address using one of the

following methods:

• Use command when you connect to the WMIC locally. For detailed instructions, see the

“Connecting to the WMIC” section of this document.

• Use a DHCP server (if available) to automatically assign an IP address. You can find out the

DHCP-assigned IP address using one of the following methods:

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Provide your organization’s network administrator with your WMIC Media Access Control

(MAC) address. Your network administrator will query the DHCP server using the MAC

address to identify the IP address.

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Use the Cisco IP Setup Utility (IPSU) to identify the assigned address. You can also use IPSU

to assign an IP address to the WMIC if it did not receive an IP address from the DHCP server.

IPSU runs on most Microsoft Windows operating systems: Windows 9x, 2000, Me, NT, and XP.

You can download IPSU from the Software Center on Cisco.com. Click this link to browse to

the Software Center:

http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml

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If the unit is a non-root bridge, browse to the Associations page on the root bridge to which the

non-root is associated. The non-root bridge’s MAC address and IP address appear on the root

bridge’s Associations page.

Assigning an IP Address By Using the Exec

The WMIC links to the network using a Bridge Group Virtual Interface (BVI) that it creates

automatically. Instead of tracking separate IP addresses for the WMIC Ethernet and radio ports, the

network uses the BVI.

Note The WMIC supports only one BVI. Configuring more than one BVI might cause errors in the WMIC

ARP table.

When you assign an IP address to the WMIC using the CLI, you must assign the address to the BVI.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to assign an IP address to the BVI:

Command Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2

interface bvi1 Enter interface configuration mode for the BVI.

Step 3

ip address address

mask

Assign an IP address and address mask to the BVI.

Note If you are connected to the WMIC using a Telnet session, you lose

your connection to the WMIC when you assign a new IP address to

the BVI. To continue configuring the WMIC using Telnet, use the

new IP address to open another Telnet session to the WMIC.