Rockwell Collins Inc. 8222210 Manuel D’Utilisation

This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Cisco Aironet 1240AG Series 
Access Point, hereafter referred to as the access point. To use this guide, you should have experience 
working with Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local 
area networks.

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 
Cisco IOS commands, refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference for Cisco Aironet Access Points and 
Bridges 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 Service and Support > 
Technical Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release 12.3 from the 
Cisco IOS Software drop-down menu.

This guide also includes an overview of the access point web-based interface (APWI) but does not 
provide field-level descriptions of all the APWI windows nor does it provide the procedures for 
configuring all access point options from the APWI. For all APWI window descriptions, refer to the 
access point online help, which is available from the Help buttons on the APWI pages.

This guide is organized into these chapters:

 lists the software and hardware features of the access point and describes the 

access point’s role in your network.

 describes how to mount the access point on a desktop, wall, or 

ceiling, how to connect Ethernet, serial, and power cables, and provides an installation summary, safety 
warnings, and general guidelines.

 describes how to configure basic settings 

on a new access point.