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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Overview
Cisco Aironet Access PointsCisco wireless devices (hereafter called access points or wireless devices)
provide a secure, affordable, and easy-to-use wireless LAN solution that combines mobility and
flexibility with the enterprise-class features required by networking professionals. With a management
system based on Cisco IOS software, Cisco Aironet access pointwireless devices are Wi-Fi certified,
802.11a-compliant, 802.11b-compliant, and 802.11g-compliant wireless LAN transceivers.
An access pointwireless device serves as the connection point between wireless and wired networks or
as the center point of a stand-alone wireless network. In large installations, wireless users within radio
range of an access pointwireless device can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless,
uninterrupted access to the network.
You can configure and monitor the wireless device using the command-line interface (CLI), the
browser-based management system, or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Use the
interface dot11radio global configuration CLI command to place the wireless device into the radio
configuration mode.
Each access point platform contains one or two radios:
•The 1100 series access point uses a single, 802.11b, 2.4-GHz mini-PCI radio that can be upgraded
to an 802.11g, 2.4-GHz radio.
•The 1130 series access point has integrated 802.11g and 802.11a radios and antennas.
•The 1200 series access point can contain two radios: a 2.4-GHz radio in an internal mini-PCI slot
and a 5-GHz radio module in an external, modified cardbus slot. The 1200 series access point
supports one radio of each type, but it does not support two 2.4-GHz or two 5-GHz radios.
•The 1230 series access point is pre-configured to include both an 802.11g and an 802.11a radio. It
has antenna connectors for externally attached antennas for both radios.
•The 1240 series access point uses externally connected antennas for each band instead of built-in
antennas.
•The 1300 series outdoor access point/bridge uses an integrated antenna and can be configured to use
external, dual-diversity antennas.
This chapter provides information on the following topics:
•Features, page 1-2
•Management Options, page 1-4
•Roaming Client Devices, page 1-4
•Network Configuration Examples, page 1-4