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[deminio]

Hello guys

I have a cisco AP 340 but i am not able to work it at all!!!
The major problem is that when i plug the one end of the ethernet cable to my pc ethernet adapter and the other to the AP, then the windows XP doesnt notice me that there is a network connection in the window "my network places". As you can guess when i use the IPSU utility it tells "device does not answer". I have a D-link AP and i do the same and windows XP finds that the computer is attached with an access point and i can very easily "insert" to the web based confiugration window of the D-Link AP. HOW I will "insert" to the configuration of my cisco AP?

Thank you for reading my mail...please give me an anwser too
because its getting on my nerves!!!

chris

 

[eurobadger]

The AP 340 comes up with a default address of 10.0.0.1 for 5 minutes, then goes on to send out DHCP requests indefinitely. It may be that you are not using a PC in the sam subnet during this time. The options loom to be to set a suitablke address in the PC (10.0.0.2 for instance) & try to make contact withi 5 minutes, or to set your PC as a DHCP server.

See

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/...iguration_example09186a008055c39a.shtml#step1

for advice
EB



"The most powerful command you will ever use is rtfm"
EB

 

[deminio]

Thanks for answering...

My pc address is set to 10.0.0.2 as you suggest too. I have installed access points before (D-link) and i didnt have these problems. I forgot to say that in the taskbar of windows XP it notices me that a network cable is unplugged!! windows XP cannot see that a network equipment has been attached. Very interesting the fact that cisco AP holds the default IP address for 5 minutes. Can windows XP behave like a DHCP server or i need server 2003?

Thanks again...

 

[eurobadger]

If your PC tells you a cable is unplugged, is the cable the issue?

I have not found a definitive answer, but the AP340 will normally connect to a switch port with a straight cable. To use a PC you might need a crossover for the Cisco AP, while a straight cable may work with the D-link.

Neither XP Home or Pro cannot supply a DHCP service, but your router (if you have one) might.

EB

 

[deminio]

hello again,

My PC tells that a cable is unplugged and i think that its the TYPE of the cable that creates the problem.I tried to plug a crossover cable and it didnt worked too. I think that this access point cannot be configured with a crossover cable neither with an ethernet. It has a socket in which the word "serial" is written. Maby i must connect a serial cable with the Access point to configure it...I will try it

thanks again

 

[charlieboi]

Maybe the interface ethernet is shutdown, and that's why windows XP notices you that a network cable is unplugged!!
Try with the console cable.