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e. If the operating system download is successful, the access point reboots.

Configure the access point if required. Use the controller CLI, controller GUI, or Cisco Prime Infrastructure to

Step 3

customize the access-point-specific 802.11n network settings.

If the pre-installation configuration is successful, the Status LED is green indicating normal operation. Disconnect the

Step 4

access point and mount it at the location at which you intend to deploy it on the wireless network.

Step 5

If your access point does not indicate normal operation, turn it off and repeat the pre-installation configuration.

When you are installing a Layer 3 access point on a different subnet than the Cisco wireless LAN controller,

Note

be sure that a DHCP server is reachable from the subnet on which you will be installing the access point, and

that the subnet has a route back to the Cisco wireless LAN controller. Also be sure that the route back to the

Cisco wireless LAN controller has destination UDP ports 5246 and 5247 open for CAPWAP communications.

Ensure that the route back to the primary, secondary, and tertiary wireless LAN controller allows IP packet

fragments. Finally, be sure that if address translation is used, that the access point and the Cisco wireless LAN

controller have a static 1-to-1 NAT to an outside address.

Mounting the Access Point

Cisco Aironet 700 series access points can be mounted in several configurations, including on a suspended ceiling, on a hard

ceiling or wall, on an electrical 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

Step 2

Observe the access point LED (for LED descriptions, see

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 amber. When the access point has joined a controller, the LED chirps green if no clients are

associated or stays green 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

on page 23

for additional information.

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

Step 3

Note

A Master Cisco wireless LAN controller should be used only for configuring access points and not in a working

network.

"Checking the Access Point LED" section on page

"Configuring DHCP Option 43 and DHCP Option 60" section

11).