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Preface Audience This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point, hereafter referred to as the access point. To use this guide, you should have experience working with the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks. Purpose This guide provides the information you need to install and configure basic settings for your access point. For information on using Cisco IOS commands to configure your access point, refer to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. For detailed information about these IOS commands, refer to the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Command Reference for this release. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.3 commands, refer to the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Technical Support & Documentation. On the Technical Support & Documentation home page, click Cisco IOS Software > Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.3 Mainline. This guide also includes an overview of the access point web-based graphical user interface (GUI) and the command line interface (CLI). This guide does not provide field-level descriptions of all GUI windows nor does it provide the procedures for completely configuring the access point using the GUI or the CLI. For all GUI window descriptions and procedures, refer to the access point online help, which is available from the Help buttons on the GUI pages. For configuration information refer to the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. Organization This guide is organized into these chapters: Chapter 1, "Overview," lists the software and hardware features of the access point and describes the access point's role in your network. Chapter 2, "Installing the Access Point," describes how to connect Ethernet and power cables and provides an installation summary, safety warnings, and general guidelines. Chapter 3, "Configuring the Access Point for the First Time," describes how to configure basic settings on a new access point. OL-4310-05 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide ix

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Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
OL-4310-05
Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series
Access Point, hereafter referred to as the
access point
. To use this guide, you should have experience
working with the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local
area networks.
Purpose
This guide provides the information you need to install and configure basic settings for your access
point. For information on using Cisco IOS commands to configure your access point, refer to the
Cisco
IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points.
For detailed information about these
IOS commands, refer to the
Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Command Reference
for this release.
For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.3 commands, refer to the Cisco IOS
documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at
Technical Support & Documentation
.
On the Technical Support & Documentation home page, click
Cisco IOS Software
>
Cisco IOS
Software Releases 12.3 Mainline
.
This guide also includes an overview of the access point web-based graphical user interface (GUI) and
the command line interface (CLI). This guide does not provide field-level descriptions of all GUI
windows nor does it provide the procedures for completely configuring the access point using the GUI
or the CLI. For all GUI window descriptions and procedures, refer to the access point online help, which
is available from the Help buttons on the GUI pages. For configuration information refer to the
Cisco
IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
.
Organization
This guide is organized into these chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview,”
lists the software and hardware features of the access point and describes the
access point’s role in your network.
Chapter 2, “Installing the Access Point,”
describes how to connect Ethernet and power cables and
provides an installation summary, safety warnings, and general guidelines.
Chapter 3, “Configuring the Access Point for the First Time,”
describes how to configure basic settings
on a new access point.