Using Ipsu To Find The Access Point's Ip Address - Cisco AIR-AP1121G-E-K9 Hardware Installation Manual

Hardware installation guide
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Chapter 3
Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
Step 10
Double-click Setup.exe and follow the steps provided by the installation wizard to install IPSU.
The IPSU icon appears on your computer desktop.

Using IPSU to Find the Access Point's IP Address

If your access point receives an IP address from a DHCP server, you can use IPSU to find its IP address.
Because IPSU sends a reverse-ARP request based on the access point MAC address, you must run IPSU
from a computer on the same subnet as the access point. Follow these steps to find the access point's IP
address:
Double-click the IPSU icon on your computer desktop to start the utility. The IPSU screen appears (see
Step 1
Figure
Figure 3-3
When the utility window opens, make sure the Get IP addr radio button in the Function box is selected.
Step 2
Enter the access point's MAC address in the Device MAC ID field. The access point's MAC address is
Step 3
printed on the label on the bottom of the unit. It should contain six pairs of hexadecimal digits. Your
access point's MAC address might look like the following example:
000164xxxxxx
Note
Click Get IP Address.
Step 4
When the access point's IP address appears in the IP Address field, write it down.
Step 5
If IPSU reports that the IP address is 10.0.0.1, the default IP address, then the access point did not receive
a DHCP-assigned IP address. To change the access point IP address from the default value using IPSU,
refer to the
OL-4309-02
3-3).
IPSU Get IP Address Screen
The MAC address field is not case-sensitive.
"Using IPSU to Set the Access Point's IP Address and SSID" section on page
Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
Using the IP Setup Utility
3-10.
3-9

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

This manual is also suitable for:

Aironet 1100 series

Table of Contents