Static Assignment; Collect Tools - Cisco Meraki CW9163E Installation Manual

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Attach your CW9163E to PoE-enabled wired Internet connection. See the "Power the CW9163E" section for details.

The CW9163E will turn on, and the LED will glow solid orange. If the unit does not require a ﬁrmware upgrade, the LED will turn either green (no clients

associated) or blue (clients associated) within thirty seconds.

* If the unit requires an upgrade, the LED will begin blinking blue until the upgrade is complete, at which point the LED will turn solid green or blue. You should

allow at least a few minutes for the ﬁrmware upgrade to complete, depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Check and Configure Firewall Settings

If a ﬁrewall is in place, it must allow outgoing connections on particular ports to particular IP addresses. The most current list of outbound ports and IP addresses

for your particular organization can be found here.

Assigning IP Addresses to CW9163E

All gateway CW9163E (CW9163E with Ethernet connections to the LAN) must be assigned routable IP addresses. These IP addresses can be dynamically

assigned via DHCP or statically assigned.

Dynamic Assignment (Recommended)

When using DHCP, the DHCP server should be conﬁgured to assign a static IP address for each MAC address belonging to an AP. Other wireless network

features, such as 802.1X authentication, may rely on the property that the APs have static IP addresses.

Static Assignment

Static IPs are assigned using the local web server on each AP. The following procedure describes how to set the static IP:

Using a client machine (e.g., a laptop), connect to the AP wirelessly (by associating to any SSID broadcast by the AP) or over a wired connection.

If using a wired connection, connect the client machine to the CW9163E either through a PoE switch or a PoE Injector. If using a PoE switch, plug an

Ethernet cable into the CW9163E's Ethernet jack and the other end into a PoE switch. Then connect the client machine over the Ethernet cable to the

PoE switch. If using a PoE Injector, connect the CW9163E to the "PoE" port of the Injector and the client machine to the "LAN" port.

Using a web browser on the client machine, access the AP's built-in web server by browsing to http://my.meraki.com. Alternatively, browse to

http://10.128.128.128.

Click on the "Uplink Conﬁguration" tab. Log in. The default login is the serial number (e.g. Qxxx-xxxx-xxxx), with no password (e.g., Q2DD-551C-ZYW3).

Conﬁgure the static IP address, netmask, gateway IP address, and DNS servers that this AP will use on its wired connection.

If necessary, reconnect the AP to the LAN.

Static IP via DHCP Reservations

Instead of associating each CW AP individually to configure static IP addresses, an administrator can assign static IP addresses on the upstream DHCP server.

Through "DHCP reservations," IP addresses are "reserved" for the MAC addresses of the CW APs. Please consult the documentation for the DHCP server to

configure DHCP reservations.