Cisco Systems 1300 Series manual Enabling the Radio Interface, Ssid

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Checking Basic Configuration Settings

Note In Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA, you must create an SSID and enable the radio before the access point/bridge allows wireless associations from other devices. These changes to the default configuration improve the security of a newly installed access point/bridge. Refer to the “Configuring Basic Security Settings” section on page 3-9for instructions on configuring the SSID and to the “Enabling the Radio Interface” section on page 7-7for instructions on enabling the radio interface.

Enabling the Radio Interface

To enable the radio interface, follow these instructions:

Step 1 Use your web-browser to access your access point/bridge.

Step 2 When the Summary Status page displays, click Network Interfaces > Radio0-802.11gand the radio status page displays.

Step 3 Click Settings and the radio settings page displays.

Step 4 Click Enable in the Enable Radio field.

Step 5 Click Apply.

Step 6 Close your web-browser.

SSID

To associate, all bridges, access points, workgroup bridges, or client devices must use the same SSID. The bridge installation mode SSID is autoinstall and the normal mode default SSID is tsunami. You should verify that the SSID value shown on the Express Setup page is the same for all bridges, access points, workgroup bridges, or client devices. You should also verify that the bridges or access points are configured for the proper network role; only one bridge can be configured as the root bridge and only one access point can be configured as a root access point.

Note Access points and bridges are not designed to associate with each other. However, a workgroup bridge can associate to either a Cisco Aironet access point or a Cisco Aironet bridge.

Note In Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA, there is no default SSID in the Root AP and Workgroup Bridge roles. You must configure an SSID and enable the radio interface to communicate with other wireless devices.

Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge Hardware Installation Guide

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