Using Ipsu To Find The Access Point's Ip Address - Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
Double-click Setup.exe and follow the steps provided by the installation wizard to install IPSU.
Step 9
The IPSU icon appears on your computer desktop.

Using IPSU to Find the Access Point's IP Address

If your access point receives an IP address from a DHCP server, you can use IPSU to find its IP address.
Because IPSU sends a reverse-ARP request based on the access point MAC address, you must run IPSU
from a computer on the same subnet as the access point. Follow these steps to find the access point's IP
address:
Double-click the IPSU icon on your computer desktop to start the utility. The IPSU screen appears (see
Step 1
Figure
Figure 3-3
When the utility window opens, make sure the Get IP addr radio button in the Function box is selected.
Step 2
Enter the access point's MAC address in the Device MAC ID field. The access point's MAC address is
Step 3
printed on the label on the bottom of the unit. It should contain six pairs of hexadecimal digits. Your
access point's MAC address might look like the following example:
000164xxxxxx
Note
Click Get IP Address.
Step 4
When the access point's IP address appears in the IP Address field, write it down.
Step 5
If IPSU reports that the IP address is 10.0.0.1, the default IP address, then the access point did not receive
a DHCP-assigned IP address. To change the access point IP address from the default value using IPSU,
refer to the
OL-2851-01
3-3).
IPSU Get IP Address Screen
The MAC address field is not case-sensitive.
"Using IPSU to Set the Access Point's IP Address and SSID" section on page
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Using the IP Setup Utility
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