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    Quick Start Guide Cisco Small Business 500 Series Wireless Access Point V ersión en Es pañol para Mé xico en e l CD V ersion en français sur CD V ersione italian a sul CD Deutsch Version auf CD[...]

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    2 Cisco Small Business WAP500 Series Wireless Access Po int We l c o m e Thank you f or choosing the Cisc o Small Busines s W AP551 or W AP561 Wir eles s Acc es s Point. The Cisc o W AP551 is a single-radio, selectable- band, 450Mbps data rate 802. 11 n acc es s point , and the Cisco W AP561 is a dual-radio variant of the C isco W AP551 . This guid[...]

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    Cisco Small Business WAP500 Se ries Wireless Access Point 3 C i s c o WA P 5 5 1 a n d WA P 5 6 1 W i r e l e s s - N Access Po i n t Fea t u r es F ront Panel The front panel of the devices c onsists of three lights: Power , WLAN, and LAN. For full descriptions of the c olors of the lights and their indications , see “V erif ying the Hardware In[...]

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    4 Cisco Small Business WAP500 Series Wireless Access Po int Mounting the Cisc o W AP551 and W AP561 W ir el ess -N Access P oi nt s Y ou can place your acces s point on a desktop, or mount it on a wall or ceiling. Plac ement Tips • Ambient T emperature — T o prevent the acces s point from overheating, do not operate it in an ar ea that ex ce ed[...]

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    Cisco Small Business WAP500 Se ries Wireless Access Point 5 T o mount the W AP device to a wall or ce iling: S TEP 1 Determine wher e you want t o mount the device. V erify that the sur face is smooth, flat , dry , and sturdy . S TEP 2 Drill two pilot hole s into the su r face 2.75 inche s (70 mm) apart f or your C isc o W A P devi ce . S TEP 3 Ins[...]

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    6 Cisco Small Business WAP500 Series Wireless Access Po int V erif ying the Hardwar e Installation T o verify the hardwar e installation, c omplete the f ollo wing tasks : • Check the cable c onnections . • Check the state of the indicator lights. N OTE If you need help resolving a problem, visit the Cisco Small Busines s Suppor t C ommunit y a[...]

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    Cisco Small Business WAP500 Se ries Wireless Access Point 7 Get ting St ar te d with the Configuration T o configure the wir eles s acc es s points , f ollow these steps to acces s the Wizar d and then the web-bas ed configuration utilit y from y our computer . S TEP 1 Connect the wireles s acc es s point to the same network (IP subnet) as your com[...]

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    8 Cisco Small Business WAP500 Series Wireless Access Po int S TEP 7 F ollow the Setup Wizar d instructions to finish the W AP device installation. W e strongly r ecommend you use the Setup Wizard f or the first installation.The Setup W izard turns on the W i-Fi radio, allowing you t o conne ct wirelessly . For mor e advanced configurations , see th[...]

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    Cisco Small Business WAP500 Se ries Wireless Access Point 9 If it fails , you should get a reply similar to the following: Pinging 192.0.2.10 w it h 32 b y tes of data: Request timed out . Pos sible Caus e of Failur e Devices Can’t Connect using Wi-Fi • Complete the Setup Wizar d. The Wi-F i radio on the device is turned of f by default , and t[...]

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    10 Cisco Small Business WAP500 Series Wireless Access Po int Becaus e the factory default IP address configuration is DHCP , mak e sure that your DHCP server is running and can be reached. Y ou ma y nee d to disconne ct and reconnect the devic es f or them t o disc over their new IP addresse s from the DHCP ser ver . Y ou can then quer y the DHCP s[...]

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    Cisco Small Business WAP500 Se ries Wireless Access Point 11 Where to Go F rom Her e Suppor t Cisc o Small Busine s s Suppor t Community w w w .cis co.c om/ go/smallbizsupport Cisc o Small Busine s s Suppor t and Resources w w w . cisco .com/ go/ smallbizhelp Phone Suppor t Contacts w w w .cis co.com / en/US/ suppor t / tsd_cisc o_small_busines s _[...]

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    Americ as He adquar ters Cisco Systems, Inc . 170 W est T asman Drive San Jose, CA 95134- 1706 USA www . ci sc o .c om Small Busines s Supp or t , Glob al: w w w .cis co.c om/ go/sbsc Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or regist ered trademark s of Cisc o and/or its affiliates i n t h e U . S . a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . T o v i e w a[...]