Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Checking the LEDs

Table 7-1

LED Indications (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

Status

Radio

Install

Meaning

LED

LED

LED

LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Root bridge mode—no remote bridges are associated.

 

green

 

 

Non-root bridge mode—not associated to the root bridge.

 

 

 

 

If all bridges are powered up, this could be caused by incorrect SSID

 

 

 

 

and security settings or improper antenna alignment. You should check

 

 

 

 

the SSID and security settings of all bridges and verify antenna

 

 

 

 

alignment.

 

 

 

 

If the problem continues, contact technical support for assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Root mode—associated to at least one remote bridge.

 

 

 

 

Non-root mode—associated to the root bridge.

 

 

 

 

This is normal operation.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

General warning—disconnect and reconnect the power injector power

 

amber

 

 

jack. If the problem continues, contact technical support for

 

 

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Loading firmware.

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Amber

Red

Loading Firmware error—disconnect and reconnect the power injector

 

 

 

 

power. If the problem continues, contact technical support for

 

 

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Normal operation.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Transmitting and receiving radio packets—normal operation.

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on the radio

 

 

amber

 

interface—disconnect and reconnect the power injector power jack. If

 

 

 

 

the problem continues, contact technical support for assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Radio firmware error—disconnect and reconnect power injector

 

 

 

 

power. If the problem continues, contact technical support for

 

 

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Not associated (non-root mode). The access point/bridge attempts to

 

 

 

blinking

associate with a root bridge for 60 seconds1.

Amber

Associated (non-root mode).

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Not associated (root mode). The access point/bridge attempts to

 

 

 

blinking

associate with a non-root bridge indefinitely.

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Associated (root mode).

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Overcurrent or overvoltage error—disconnect power to the power

 

 

 

 

injector, check all coax cable connections, wait approximately 1

 

 

 

 

minute, and reconnect power. If error continues, contact technical

 

 

 

 

support.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Preconfigured bridges search indefinitely.

The access point/bridge uses a blinking code to identify various error conditions. The code sequence uses a two-digit diagnostic code that starts with a long pause to delimit the code, followed by the LED flashing red to count out the first digit, then a short pause, followed by the LED flashing red to count out the second digit.

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Cisco Systems 1300 Series manual Preconfigured bridges search indefinitely

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