Help needed to setup Cisco 1200 AP

[RetrogradePAK]

Need to setup Cisco 1200 AP (AIR-AP1232AG-A-K9). I want to to set it up by connecting to my laptop via ethernet cable and using the defualt IP 10.0.0.1, first please confirm what subnet should i give on my laptop and secondly I have tried everythng but cannot ping/connect to the IP. I know i can do that with a console cable as well but the problem is that i neither have the console cable nor my laptop has a serial interface. I have reset the AP a couple of times but still no luck

HELP!!!!!

 

[Viconsul]

Hi,

You could give your laptop an ip address as follows;
ip address: 10.0.0.2
subnet mask: 255.0.0.0
default gateway: not necessary
But you will need a Cisco console cable to bring up the ethernet port on the AP since its in shutdown state at the moment.

HTH

Viconsul

 

[RetrogradePAK]

thanks but this is stupid, why did they disable the interface by default and also one thing i see the eithernet LED on on the AP when i connect the cable, does'nt that indicate that the interface is enabled?

 

[burtsbees]

I have no serial interface either, and so I use the Prolific USB-Serial, PL-2303, works awesome!

Usually, the interfaces on new Cisco equipment (usually routers, in my experience) are not shut down, and the IP is 10.10.10.1

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