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Chapter 4 Basic Wireless Device Configuration
Starting a Wireless Configuration Session
Starting a Wireless Configuration Session
Note Before you configure the wireless settings in the router’s setup, you must follow these steps to open a session between the router and the access point.
Enter the following commands in global configuration mode on the router’s Cisco IOS CLI.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. interface
2. ip address subnet mask
3. no shutdown
4. interface vlan1
5. ip address subnet mask
6. exit
7. exit
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Step 1 | interface | Defines the router’s console interface to the wireless |
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| Example: | the embedded AP. Please use the |
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Step 2 | ip address subnet mask | Specifies the interface IP address and subnet mask. |
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| Example: | address assigned to the Cisco Integrated |
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| 10.21.0.20 255.255.255.0 | vlan1 command. |
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Step 3 | no shutdown | Specifies that the internal interface connection will |
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