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Chapter 13 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Checking the Top Panel Indicators

Table 13-3 Top Panel Indicator Signals (continued)

Message	Ethernet	Status	Radio	Meaning
type	indicator	indicator	indicator
Operational	–	Steady	Blinking	Transmitting/receiving
		green	green	radio packets.
	Blinking	Steady	–	Transmitting/receiving
	green	green		packets.
	–	Steady	Blinking	Maximum retries or
		green	amber	buffer full occurred on
				one of the radios.
Error/warning	Blinking	Steady	–	Transmit/receive errors.
	amber	green
	–	Blinking	–	General warning.
		amber
Failure	Steady	Steady	Steady	Firmware failure;
	red	red	red	disconnect power from
				the unit and reapply
				power.
Firmware	–	Steady	–	Unit is loading new
upgrade		red		firmware.

Finding an Access Point by Blinking the Top Panel Indicators

If you need to find the physical location of a particular access point, you can put the top panel indicators into blinking mode. Follow these instructions to blink the access point’s top panel indicators:

Step 1 Browse to the access point’s Cisco Services Setup page:

a.On the Summary Status page, click Setup.

b.On the Setup page, click Cisco Services.

Step 2 Select Enabled for the Locate unit by flashing LEDs option.

Step 3 Click Apply. The access point’s top panel indicators blink amber in unison.

Step 4 To make the indicators stop blinking and return to normal operation, select Disabled for the Locate unit by flashing LEDs option, and click Apply.

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