Cisco WAP571E Wireless Access Point
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Suggested Next Steps
Smart PoE
Smart PoE is designed for detecting the power level from the PSE (Power
Sourcing Equipment) side; it does not matter whether 802.3at or 802.3af
mode, the WAP571 will operate at the appropriate mode automatically.
Smart PoE ensures that the WAP571E remains functional once powered by
802.3af PSE, and intelligently to adjust operations below:
•
Second Ethernet port disabled
•
2.4-GHz 802.11n radio in 2x2:2 spatial-stream mode
•
5-GHz 802.11ac radio operates without restrictions
In case of an error while installing, try the following troubleshooting
procedures described in this section:
Troubleshooting
If you cannot display the configuration utility, you can test the ability of the
computer to communicate with the device by using
ping
.
To use
ping
on a computer running Windows:
S
TEP
1
Verify that the Cisco WAP571E is powered on and the lights
indicate the appropriate links.
S
TEP
2
Locate the device’s IP address. While there are different ways to
locate your device’s IP address, this procedure uses Cisco FindIT.
a.
If you have previously downloaded Cisco FindIT, open Internet
Explorer and launch Cisco FindIT. For more information on
downloading Cisco FindIT, see
www.cisco.com/go/findit
.
b. In the Cisco FindIT display, place your mouse over the device’s
name. The device IP address is displayed along with other
device information.
S
TEP
3
Open a command window by choosing
Start
>
Run
and enter
cmd
.
S
TEP
4
At the
command
window prompt, enter
ping
and the device IP
address. In this example, we
pinged 192.0.2.10
.
If successful, you should get a reply similar to the following:
Pinging 192.0.2.10 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.0.2.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
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