Obtaining And Assigning An Ip Address; Connecting To The Access Point Locally - Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
Click System Software and the System Software screen appears.
Step 5
Click System Configuration and the System Configuration screen appears.
Step 6
Click the Reset to Defaults button.
Step 7
Note

Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address

To browse to the access point's Express Setup page, you must either obtain or assign the access point's
IP address using one of the following methods:
The access point does not have a default IP address.
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Connecting to the Access Point Locally

If you need to configure the access point locally (without connecting the access point to a wired LAN),
you can connect a PC to its console port using a DB-9 to RJ-45 serial cable. Follow these steps to open
the CLI by connecting to the access point console port:
Open the access point cover (refer to
Step 1
Connect a nine-pin, female DB-9 to RJ-45 serial cable to the RJ-45 console port on the access point and
Step 2
to the COM port on a computer.
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If the access point is configured with a static IP address, the IP address does not change.
To assign a static IP address to the access point, connect to the access point console port (see the
"Connecting to the Access Point Locally" section on page
"Assigning an IP Address Using the CLI" section on page
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:
Connect to the access point console port and use a Cisco IOS CLI command to display the IP
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address, such as show interface bvi1. Follow the steps in the
Locally" section on page 3-3
– Provide your organization's network administrator with your access point's Media Access
Control (MAC) address. Your network administrator will query the DHCP server using the
MAC address to identify the IP address. The access point's MAC address is on label attached to
the bottom of the access point.
Use the Cisco IP Setup Utility (IPSU) to identify the assigned address. IPSU runs on most
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Microsoft Windows operating systems: Windows 9x, 2000, Me, NT, and XP.
For information on IPSU, refer to
D r a f t 2
to connect to the console port.
"Using the IP Setup Utility" section on page
"Opening the Access Point Cover" section on page
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Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address

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"Connecting to the Access Point
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