Cisco Aironet 1240AG Series Hardware Installation Manual page 9

Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Cisco Aironet 1240AG Series
Access Point, hereafter referred to as the access point. To use this guide, you should have experience
working with Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local
area networks.
Purpose
This guide provides the information you need to install and configure basic settings for your access
point. For information on using Cisco IOS commands to configure your access point, refer to the Cisco
IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. For detailed information about these
Cisco IOS commands, refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference for Cisco Aironet Access Points and
Bridges for this release. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.3 commands, refer to
the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support >
Technical Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release 12.3 from the
Cisco IOS Software drop-down menu.
This guide also includes an overview of the access point web-based interface (APWI) but does not
provide field-level descriptions of all the APWI windows nor does it provide the procedures for
configuring all access point options from the APWI. For all APWI window descriptions, refer to the
access point online help, which is available from the Help buttons on the APWI pages.
Organization
This guide is organized into these chapters:
Chapter 1, "Overview,"
access point's role in your network.
Chapter 2, "Installing the Access Point,"
ceiling, how to connect Ethernet, serial, and power cables, and provides an installation summary, safety
warnings, and general guidelines.
Chapter 3, "Configuring the Access Point for the First Time,"
on a new access point.
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describes how to mount the access point on a desktop, wall, or
describes how to configure basic settings
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