Mounting The Access Point; Deploying The Access Point On The Wireless Network - Cisco Aironet 1600 Getting Started Manual

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Mounting the Access Point

Cisco Aironet 1600 series access points can be mounted in several configurations, including on a
suspended ceiling, on a hard ceiling or wall, on an electrical or network box, and above a suspended
ceiling. Click this URL to browse to complete access point mounting instructions:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/mounting/guide/apmount.html
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Deploying the Access Point on the Wireless Network

After you have mounted the access point, follow these steps to deploy it on the wireless network:
Connect and power up the access point.
Step 1
Observe the access point LED (for LED descriptions, see
Step 2
section on page
a. When you power up the access point, it begins a power-up sequence that you can verify by
observing the access point LED. If the power-up sequence is successful, the discovery and join
process begins. During this process, the LED blinks sequentially green, red, and off. When the
access point has joined a controller, the LED is green if no clients are associated or blue if one
or more clients are associated.
b. If the LED is not on, the access point is most likely not receiving power.
c. If the LED blinks sequentially for more than 5 minutes, the access point is unable to find its
primary, secondary, and tertiary Cisco wireless LAN controller. Check the connection
between the access point and the Cisco wireless LAN controller, and be sure the access point
and the Cisco wireless LAN controller are either on the same subnet or that the access point
has a route back to its primary, secondary, and tertiary Cisco wireless LAN controller. Also,
if the access point is not on the same subnet as the Cisco wireless LAN controller, be sure that
there is a properly configured DHCP server on the same subnet as the access point. See the
"Using DHCP Option 43" section on page 16
Reconfigure the Cisco wireless LAN controller so that it is not the Master.
Step 3
A Master Cisco wireless LAN controller should be used only for configuring access
Note
points and not in a working network.
16).
"Checking the Access Point LED"
for additional information.
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