Rebooting The Devices Or Returning Them To Their Factory Default Settings - Cisco WAP551 Quick Start Manual

Because the factory default IP address configuration is DHCP, make sure
that your DHCP server is running and can be reached. You may need to
disconnect and reconnect the devices for them to discover their new IP
addresses from the DHCP server. You can then query the DHCP server for
the new IP address. See
Configuration" on page 7
address.
If the wireless access points do not receive a DHCP response (there is no
DHCP server on your network) after 60 seconds, the access points will
fallback to the following default static IP address: 192.168.1.245 and a
default mask of 255.255.255.0. To reach that IP address, be sure that your
computer is on the 192.168.1.xxx network.
Rebooting the Devices or Returning them
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to their Factory Default Settings
To reboot your device:
• Unplug your Ethernet connection for three seconds and plug it back in.
or
• With the power on, press the Reset button with an opened paperclip
for less than three seconds, or until the lights go off.
– When all the lights go off, release the Reset button.
– Release the Reset button as soon as the lights go off, or you will
restore the device to factory default settings and lose your
configurations.
To reset the device to factory default settings:
• To restore the device to the factory default settings, with the power on,
press-and-hold the Reset button with an opened paperclip for more
than 10 seconds.
– All of the lights will go off.
– Release the Reset button when power light turns on.
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Step 2 of "Getting Started with the
for more information on how to find the DHCP
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