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Chapter 7 Controlling Lightweight Access Points
Configuring Flashing LEDs
Configuring Flashing LEDs
Controller software release 4.0 enables you to flash the LEDs on an access point in order to locate it. All
IOS lightweight access points support this feature.
Use these commands to configure LED flashing from the Privileged Exec mode of the controller.
Note
The output of these commands is sent only to the controller console, regardless of whether the commands
were issued on the console or in a TELNET/SSH CLI session.
1.
To enable the controller to send commands to the access point from its CLI, enter this command:
config ap remote-debug enable
Cisco_AP
2.
To cause a specific access point to flash its LEDs for a specified number of seconds, enter this
command:
config ap remote-debug exc-command “led flash
seconds
”
Cisco_AP
You can enter a value between 1 and 3600 seconds for the
seconds
parameter.
3.
To disable LED flashing for a specific access point, enter this command:
config ap remote-debug exc-command “led flash
disable”
Cisco_AP
This command disables LED flashing immediately. For example, if you run the previous command
(with the
seconds
parameter set to 60 seconds) and then disable LED flashing after only 20 seconds,
the access point’s LEDs stop flashing immediately.
Authorizing Access Points Using MICs
You can configure controllers to use RADIUS servers to authorize access points using MICs. The
controller uses an access point’s MAC address as both the username and password when sending the
information to a RADIUS server. For example, if the MAC address of the access point is 000b85229a70,
both the username and password used by the controller to authorize the access point are 000b85229a70.
Note
The lack of a
strong password
by the use of the access point’s MAC address should not be an issue
because the controller uses MIC to authenticate the access point prior to authorizing the access point
through the RADIUS server. Using MIC provides strong authentication.
Note
If you use the MAC address as the username and password for access point authentication on a RADIUS
AAA server, do not use the same AAA server for client authentication.