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Mounting the Access Point

Cisco Aironet 3500, 1260, 1140, 1130, and 1040 series access points can be mounted in several

configurations, including on a suspended ceiling, on a hard ceiling or wall, on an elecrtical or network

box, and above a suspended ceiling. Click this URL to browse to complete access point mounting

instructions:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/mounting/guide/apmount.html

Deploying the Access Point on the Wireless Network

After you have mounted the access point, follow these steps to deploy it on the wireless network.

Connect and power up the access point.

Step 1

Observe the access point LED.

Step 2

a. When you power up the access point, it begins a power-up sequence that you can verify by

observing the access point LED. If the power-up sequence is successful, the discovery and join

process begins. During this process, the LED blinks sequentially green, red, and off. When the

access point has joined a controller, the LED is green if no clients are associated or blue if one

or more clients are associated.

b. If the LED is not on, the access point is most likely not receiving power.

c. If the LED blinks sequentially for more than 5 minutes, the access point is unable to find its

primary, secondary, and tertiary Cisco wireless LAN controller. Check the connection

between the access point and the Cisco wireless LAN controller, and be sure the access point

and the Cisco wireless LAN controller are either on the same subnet or that the access point

has a route back to its primary, secondary, and tertiary Cisco wireless LAN controller. Also,

if the access point is not on the same subnet as the Cisco wireless LAN controller, be sure that

there is a properly configured DHCP server on the same subnet as the access point. See the

"Configuring DHCP Option 43 and DHCP Option 60" section on page 30 for additional

information.

Reconfigure the Cisco wireless LAN controller so that it is not the Master.

Step 3

A Master Cisco wireless LAN controller should be used only for configuring access

Note

points and not in a working network.