Cisco Aironet 1520 Series Manual page 24

Changing the Lightweight Access Point Output Power
Changing the Lightweight Access Point Output Power
This section provides instructions for changing the 1500 series access point output power to comply with
the maximum power limits imposed by special regulatory and country restrictions (see the
Country Restrictions" section on page
settings using a controller and your browser:
Note Administrator privileges may be required in order to change access point settings.
Caution To meet regulatory restrictions, the access point and the external antenna must be professionally
installed. The network administration or other IT professional responsible for installing and configuring the
unit is a suitable professional installer. Following installation, access to the unit should be
password-protected by the network administrator to maintain regulatory compliance.
The output power on the 1500 series access points can be changed only by using a Cisco wireless LAN
controller (2600 series or 4400 series), the controllers on a Cisco Wireless Services Module (WiSM), or
using Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS).
Note See the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide for more details on how to to configure your
access point using the web-browser interface.
Follow these steps to change the 1500 series access point's output power to meet local regulations using
a controller:
Step 1 Open your Internet browser. You must use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 or a later release.
Enter https://IP address (where IP address is the controller's IP address) in the browser address line
Step 2
and press Enter. A user login screen appears.
Step 3 Enter the username and password and press Enter. The controller's summary page appears.
Note
Click Wireless > 802.11a Radios or 802.11b/g Radios and a list of associated access points appears.
Step 4
Choose the desired access point from the displayed list and click Configure. The the radio settings page
Step 5
appears.
Step 6 Scroll down to the Tx Power Level Assignment field, and click Custom.
Custom indicates that the radio output power is manually controlled by the Tx Power Configuration
setting field.
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