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Chapter5 Administrating the Access Point
Upgrading Autonomous Cisco Aironet Access Points to Lightweight Mode
Upgrading Autonomous Cisco Aironet Access Points to Lightweight Mode
Note For information on only upgrading the Cisco IOS image on an autonomous access point through the GUI
or CLI, go to the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a00809f0e9
4.shtml.
You can run a utility to upgrade autonomous Cisco Aironet access points to the lightweight mode so that
they can communicate with wireless LAN controllers on your network. For more information about
using the upgrade utility, see the Upgrading Autonomous Cisco Aironet Access Points to Lightweight
Mode at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/conversion/lwapp/upgrade/guide/lwapnote.ht
ml
To convert autonomous access points to lightweight mode, telnet to the access point and run this
command:
archive download-sw {/overwrite | /reload} tftp: //location/image-name