Quick Start Guide Cisco WAP150 Wireless-AC/N Dual Radio Access Point with PoE
Welcome Thank you for choosing the Cisco WAP150 Wireless-AC/N Dual Radio Access Point with PoE. The Cisco WAP150 is an indoor concurrent dualband radio 802.11ac and 802.11n access point with Power over Ethernet (PoE). This guide provides the general layout of the Cisco WAP150, describe how to deploy the Cisco WAP150 in your network, and describe how to configure the Cisco WAP150. For additional information, see www.cisco.com/go/100_wap_resources.
2 Cisco WAP150 Features Front Panel The front panel of the Cisco WAP150 consists of one system LED. For full descriptions of the colors of the lights and their indications, see “Verifying the Hardware Installation”. Back Panel RESET—See “Rebooting the Cisco WAP150 or Resetting to Factory Defaults” for information on the RESET button. LAN (PoE)—The RJ-45 Ethernet port is used to power the Cisco WAP150 using PoE. It is an auto-sensing, Gigabit Ethernet (802.
• Place the Cisco WAP150 horizontally on a flat surface so that it sits on its four rubber feet. • Mount the Cisco WAP150 to a wall. Wall Mounting The Cisco WAP150 can be wall-mounted using the wall-mount slots on the bottom cover. The wall-mounting hardware is user-supplied. WARNING Insecure mounting might damage the device or cause injury. Cisco is not responsible for damages incurred by insecure wallmounting.
To connect the Cisco WAP150 to the network wirelessly: STEP 1 Use FindIt to locate the WAP150’s SSID (CiscoSB-Setup). STEP 2 Use the ‘cisco123’ passkey to access the access point. After installation, all lights should be active. Refer to “Verifying the Hardware Installation” for details about the different lights on the Cisco WAP150.
Verifying the Hardware Installation 5 To verify the hardware installation, complete the following tasks: • Check the cable connections. • Check the state of the indicator light. Label Power Activity Off Solid Green Solid Blue Solid Red LAN Flashing Green Flashing Blue Off Solid Green Solid Amber Flashing Description The WAP150 is out of power. The Cisco WAP150 is normal; no wireless client connected. The Cisco WAP150 is normal; at least one wireless client connected.
Discovery Utility that enables you to automatically discover all supported Cisco devices in the same local network segment as your computer. You can get a snapshot view of each device or launch the product configuration utility to view and configure the settings. For more information, see www.cisco.com/go/ findit. b. The Cisco WAP150 is Bonjour-enabled and automatically broadcasts its services and listens for services being advertised by other Bonjour-enabled devices.
Suggested Next Steps 7 In case of an error while installing, try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section. Troubleshooting If you cannot display the configuration utility, you can test the ability of the computer to communicate with the Cisco WAP150 by using ping. To use ping on a computer running Windows: STEP 1 Verify that the Cisco WAP150 is powered on and the lights indicate the appropriate links. STEP 2 Locate the Cisco WAP150’s IP address.
No Power Power up the switch and your computer if they are turned off. Make sure that your PoE switch is powered on and the lights indicate that you have a link. See “Verifying the Hardware Installation”. Verify that the devices on your network are not plugged into a switchable outlet. Bad Ethernet Connection Check the state of the indicator lights. See “Verifying the Hardware Installation”. Check the Ethernet cable to ensure that it is firmly connected to your devices.
8 Rebooting the Cisco WAP150 or Resetting to Factory Defaults To reboot your Cisco WAP150: • If the Cisco WAP150 uses a power adapter, with the power on, use the POWER button to reboot the device. The POWER button only functions when the Cisco WAP150 uses a power adapter. • If the power supply is PoE, unplug your Ethernet connection for three seconds and plug it back in. • With the power on, press the RESET button with an opened paper clip for less than 10 seconds, or until the lights go off.
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