Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Configuration

My previous process in resetting Cisco Aironet 1200 Series AP in which resetting is done using Hyper terminal and pressing the reset button then checking the dump data on hyper terminal for the default IP address which is normally 10.0.0.1 then accessing the admin page via HTTP using the default IP address. . . In some versions of Cisco Aironet 1200 Series this doesn’t work anymore.

This is the new process in assigning a new IP address to an access point that has been reset to default factory settings.

Run hyper terminal. Be sure you have the settings for the hyper terminal which is Speed=9600 bits per second (bps) Data bits=8 Stop bits=1 Parity=None Flow Control=Xon/Xoff

NOTE: if the flow control Xon/Xoff does not work, try using the flow control none.

Plug the console cable on the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series AP

Hold the Mode/Reset button of the Cisco Aironet 1200 then plug the power adapter

Hold down the reset/Mode button for 5 seconds then release.

This will provide you a dump on hyper terminal

As you can see on the dump this will provide a default IP address of 10.0.0.1

Just let it run and continue with the dump process

When it's finish press on enter

This will give you the prompt ap>

On ap> prompt enter this command

ap> enable

This will ask for a password in which the default is Cisco

Configuration mode is now enabled

ap#

Enter the following command to configure the terminal

ap# config term

The new prompt would be something like this

ap(config)#

Enter the following command to assign a new IP address to the access point

ap(config)# int bvi 1
ip address a.b.c.d sub.net.ma.sk

Where a.b.c.d is the IP address to be assigned on the device and the equivalent subnet mask

You may run the end command to exit the configuration

ap(config)# end

Verify the assigned IP address

ap# show interface bvi 1

This will provide some information on this interface including the assigned IP address

ap#show interface bvi 1
BVI1 is down, line protocol is down
Hardware is BVI, address is 001c.58a6.0ae3 (bia 0007.0e66.f000)
Internet address is 192.168.1.17/24
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 54000 Kbit, DLY 5000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
48 packets output, 29664 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out



Plug the UTP cable on the ethernet port then ping the device to verify the new assigned IP address

Now configuration process can be continued via HTTP access on the assigned IP address.