| Okay, I definitely need some instruction . . . I'm installing a wireless network for our property and had a limited budget. We purchased 4 Cisco AP1232AG-A-K9 routers with outdoor high-gain 12db omni antennas, all of which to be mounted at strategic locations. We were told they would serve the purpose without breaking our budget.
We know nearly nothing about WiFi and the nearest town is 70 miles. Locating a WiFi expert to install the system has been pointless.
I want to use one of the APs as a wireless router to connect directly to the comcast modem we had installed, and then I "think" we want to set the other 3 units as wireless repeaters.
I've downloaded the Cisco Network Assistant and used a console cable to connect to a serial port on my computer and the console port of one of the Cisco units. It states that a single blinking green light indicates no IP address and I need to intially assign one by accessing the AP using the IP address of 10.0.0.1, but when I try to connect it says unable to connect.
It also states I should have local and wireless connections disabled from accessing the internet and we've done so. I still cannot connect to the router.
What in the heck are we doing wrong, other than trying to attempt this without the requisite skills? The unit comes on and cycles as described in the manual and then flashes green waiting for an IP. I'm missing some critical information in my approach to connecting to this unit and need help.
I think if I can get to the router, I can follow the directions to set them up correctly.
So what can I do to access these routers? I used 10.0.0.1 and a subnet of 255.0.0.0 with no luck. How do I know if the console cable to the serial port is active?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Russell |
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| That's an access point....... Not a router. |
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 jester121Premium
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Lake Zurich, IL | reply to NEWTOIT
said by OVERKILL:That's an access point....... Not a router. This.
There are a bunch of reasons why this is a really bad idea, but I'm not going to take the time to detail them.
Call Comcast and ask them how to use their modem (I'm assuming it's business class service) as a router, and it will do what you want. They're nice access points but that doesn't mean they're simple to configure. For that kind of setup you really should have a WLAN controller and someone who knows what they're doing. |
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move your post to here
»Wireless Service Providers
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I agree with OVERKILL, while the 123x APs have some L3 functionality, if you're expecting NAT, et al
like a router, fuggetabutit:
1232AG(config)#ip ?
Global IP configuration subcommands:
access-list Named access-list
accounting-list Select hosts for which IP accounting information is
kept
accounting-threshold Sets the maximum number of accounting entries
accounting-transits Sets the maximum number of transit entries
address-pool Specify default IP address pooling mechanism
alias Alias an IP address to a TCP port
default-gateway Specify default gateway (if not routing IP)
dhcp Configure DHCP server and relay parameters
dhcp-client Configure parameters for DHCP client operation
dhcp-server Specify address of DHCP server to use
domain IP DNS Resolver
domain-list Domain name to complete unqualified host names.
domain-lookup Enable IP Domain Name System hostname translation
domain-name Define the default domain name
finger finger server
ftp FTP configuration commands
gratuitous-arps Generate gratuitous ARPs for PPP/SLIP peer addresses
host Add an entry to the ip hostname table
host-routing Enable host-based routing (proxy ARP and redirect)
hp-host Enable the HP proxy probe service
http HTTP server configuration
That's the end of the bad news for you, now the good news.
Scrounge $50 for a Linksys / Dlink wired router -- or buy a wireless if you have to and COMPLETELY
disable it's wireless functionality. This should fix your Comcast to AP connectivity.
You may also want to refer here »www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireles···rst.html
for some direction on initial configuration of the AP.
Let me know how that goes and I'll see what other help / pointers I can dig up for you.
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