Default Ip Address Behavior; Obtaining And Assigning An Ip Address - Cisco Aironet AIR-AP1200 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
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Default IP Address Behavior

When you connect a 1200 series access point running Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA or later software with
a default configuration to your LAN, the access point requests an IP address from your DHCP server
and, if it does not receive an IP address, continues to send requests indefinitely.
When you connect a 1200 series access point running Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)JA2 or earlier software
with a default configuration to your LAN, the access point requests an IP address from your DHCP
server and, if it does not receive an IP address, the access point assigns a default IP address of 10.0.0.1.

Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address

To browse to the access point's Express Setup page, you must either obtain or assign the access point's
IP address using one of the following methods:
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If the access point is configured with a static IP address, the IP address does not change.
Connect to the access point console port and assign a static IP address. Follow the steps in the
"Connecting to the Access Point Locally" section on page 3-4
Use a DHCP server (if available) to automatically assign an IP address. You can find out the
DHCP-assigned IP address using one of the following methods:
Connect to the access point console port and use the show ip interface brief command to
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display the IP address. Follow the steps in the
on page 3-4 to connect to the console port.
Provide your organization's network administrator with your access point's Media Access
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Control (MAC) address. Your network administrator will query the DHCP server using the
MAC address to identify the IP address. The access point's MAC address is on label attached to
the bottom of the access point.
– Use the CLI to assign an IP address (refer to
on page 3-14).
"Connecting to the Access Point Locally" section
"Assigning an IP Address Using the CLI" section
Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide

Obtaining and Assigning an IP Address

to connect to the console port.
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