Cisco Cisco Aironet 1260 Access Point

Follow the steps in the 

 or in the 

 to connect to the console port.

Provide your network administrator with the wireless device Media Access Control (MAC) 
address. Your network administrator will query the DHCP server using the MAC address to 
identify the IP address. The access point MAC address is on label attached to the bottom of the 
access point.

When you connect a 1040, 1130AG, 1140, 1240, 1250, 1260, 2600 access point, or 1300 series access 
point/bridge with a default configuration to your LAN, the access point requests an IP address from your 
DHCP server and, if it does not receive an address, continues to send requests indefinitely. 

The 1300 series access point/bridge assumes a radio network role of a root access point. To configure it 
as a bridge, you must manually place it in install mode in order to align the antennas and establish a link. 
To establish the link you must have two access point/bridges configured in the install mode. In the install 
mode, one access point/bridge must be configured as a root bridge and the other a non-root bridge. To 
facilitate the configuration, an automatic option is available when the access point/bridge is in the install 
mode. After the wireless link is established and the bridge antennas are aligned, you take both access 
point/bridges out of install mode and place them on your LAN as root and non-root bridges.

If you need to configure the access point locally (without connecting the access point to a wired LAN), 
you can connect a PC to its console port using a DB-9 to RJ-45 serial cable. Follow these steps to open 
the CLI by connecting to the access point console port:

Open the access point cover. 

Connect a nine-pin, female DB-9 to RJ-45 serial cable to the RJ-45 serial port on the access point and 
to the COM port on a computer. The Cisco part number for the DB-9 to RJ-45 serial cable is 
AIR-CONCAB1200. Browse to 

 to order a serial cable.

Set up a terminal emulator to communicate with the access point. Use the following settings for the 
terminal emulator connection: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control.

If xon/xoff flow control does not work, use no flow control. 

When connected, press enter or type en to access the command prompt. Pressing enter takes you to the 
user exec mode. entering en prompts you for a password, then takes you to the privileged exec mode. 
The default password is Cisco and is case-sensitive. 

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