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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Checking Basic Configuration Settings
Note
In Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA, you must create an SSID and enable the radio before the access
point/bridge allows wireless associations from other devices. These changes to the default configuration
improve the security of a newly installed access point/bridge. Refer to the
“Configuring Basic Security
Settings” section on page 3-9
for instructions on configuring the SSID and to the
“Enabling the Radio
Interface” section on page 7-7
for instructions on enabling the radio interface.
Enabling the Radio Interface
To enable the radio interface, follow these instructions:
Step 1
Use your web-browser to access your access point/bridge.
Step 2
When the Summary Status page displays, click
Network Interfaces > Radio0-802.11g
and the radio
status page displays.
Step 3
Click
Settings
and the radio settings page displays.
Step 4
Click
Enable
in the Enable Radio field.
Step 5
Click
Apply
.
Step 6
Close your web-browser.
SSID
To associate, all bridges, access points, workgroup bridges, or client devices must use the same SSID.
The bridge installation mode SSID is
autoinstall
and the normal mode default SSID is
tsunami
. You
should verify that the SSID value shown on the Express Setup page is the same for all bridges, access
points, workgroup bridges, or client devices. You should also verify that the bridges or access points are
configured for the proper network role; only one bridge can be configured as the root bridge and only
one access point can be configured as a root access point.
Note
Access points and bridges are not designed to associate with each other. However, a workgroup bridge
can associate to either a Cisco Aironet access point or a Cisco Aironet bridge.
Note
In Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)JA, there is no default SSID in the Root AP and Workgroup Bridge roles.
You must configure an SSID and enable the radio interface to communicate with other wireless devices.
