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Friday, June 17, 2011

Cisco wireless LAN access point( AIR-LAP1142N-A-K9) setup

Connect WLAN controller (Cisco WLAN controller 2106) to PC
using blue console cable and RS232 to USB adapter.

On PC, start HyperTerminal (in Start / Programs / Accessories / Communication).
If not done already, create a connection named Cisco, using the Com port of the adapter (Info available in Device manager) at 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.

Power the WLAN controller on.
The hyper terminal window provides access to the CLI (command line interface).
It will first display the boot sequence.

If the device has been configured before but the configuration needs to completely redone,
type “Recover-Config” when prompted for a user name. System will reboot and …

When prompted for…

Type in…

System name

WLAN_TEST

User Name

Admin

Password

******

Management interface IP

192.168.0.10

Net mask IP

255.255.255.0

Router IP

192.168.0.11

VLAN

[leave blank]

Port

1

DHCP IP

192.168.0.100

AP manager IP

192.168.0.11

Virtual gateway IP

1.1.1.1

Group name

Group

Network name

AP_TEST

Allow static IP

Yes

Config RADIUS server

No

Country code

US

802.11b network

Yes

802.11a network

Yes

802.11g network

Yes

Auto RF

Yes

Save settings

Yes

System will save the configuration and reboot.

Connect port 1 of the controller to the office wired network.

On the PC (also connected to the office network), open the web browser (FireFox) and
type “https:\\192.168.0.10” in the address bar. If prompted, accept the security exception.
The web browser window provides access to the GUI (graphic user interface).
It will first prompt for user name and password.

In the GUI header, click on “WLANs” to get to the WLANs page..
In the WLANs page click on the WLAN ID “1” in front of the “Dignitas” WLAN to edit its configuration..
In he WLAN edit page, click on the “Security” tab.
Under the security tab click on the “Layer2” tab.
Under the security layer2 tab, select “WEP” option-
Under WEP parameters, set “Key size” to 104 and “Encryption key” to the value given.
Click “save configuration” in the top right corner of the GUI header.
Click “logout” in the top right corner of the GUI header.

Optionally, disconnect the (blue) console cable from the WLAN controller and connect it to the AP (Access Point) (Cisco Aironet 1140) to display the AP boot sequence in the terminal window.

Connect the AP to the WLAN controller port 7 or 8 (only those two can power up the AP through PoE).
AP will boot up and connect to the controller. When ready the indicator should be steady green and turn blue when clients are connected. If required use AP CLI and controller GUI for diagnose and remediation.

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