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Connecting the Cisco 1520 Series Mesh Access Point to Your Network
Step 4
Verify that the LWAPP Transport Modes is set to Layer 3. If it is not, change it to Layer 3 and click
Apply
.
Step 5
Save any changes.
Step 6
From the menu bar, click
Monitor
to return to the Monitor summary window.
Step 7
Proceed to the
“Configuring Multiple Controllers Using DHCP 43 and DHCP 60” section on page 62
to
assign a primary, secondary and tertiary controller.
Configuring Multiple Controllers Using DHCP 43 and DHCP 60
To configure DHCP Option 43 and 60 for mesh access points in the embedded Cisco IOS DHCP server,
follow these steps:
Step 1
Enter configuration mode at the Cisco IOS CLI.
Step 2
Create the DHCP pool, including the necessary parameters such as default router and name server. The
commands used to create a DHCP pool are as follows:
ip dhcp pool
pool name
network
IP Network Netmask
default-router
Default router
dns-server
DNS Server
Where:
pool name is the name of the DHCP pool, such as AP1520
IP Network is the network IP address where the controller resides, such as 10.0.15.1
Netmask is the subnet mask, such as 255.255.255.0
Default router is the IP address of the default router, such as 10.0.0.1
DNS Server is the IP address of the DNS server, such as 10.0.10.2
Step 3
Add the option 60 line using the following syntax:
option 60 ascii “
VCI string
”
For the VCI string, use one of the values below. The quotation marks must be included.
For Cisco 1520 series access points, enter “Cisco AP c1520”
For Cisco 1240 series access points, enter “Cisco AP c1240”
For Cisco 1130 series access points, enter “Cisco AP c1130”
Step 4
Add the option 43 line using the following syntax:
option 43 hex
hex string
The hex string is assembled by concatenating the TLV values shown below:
Type
+
Length
+
Value
Type
is always f1(hex). Length is the number of controller management IP addresses times 4 in hex.
Value is the IP address of the controller listed sequentially in hex.
For example, suppose that there are two controllers with management interface IP addresses,
10.126.126.2 and 10.127.127.2. The type is
f1(hex)
. The length is
2 * 4 = 8 = 08 (hex)
. The IP addresses
translate to
0a7e7e02
and
0a7f7f02.
Assembling the string then yields
f1080a7e7e020a7f7f02
.
The resulting Cisco IOS command added to the DHCP scope is listed below:
option 43 hex f1080a7e7e020a7f7f02