Convert AP to Autonomous Mode
This procedure is only required when onboarding a brownfield device. See Device readiness--existing devices. If the AP is in Unified mode, the Cisco IoT Cloud cannot onboard the device.
To check that your AP is in Unified mode, session over to the AP, which will show the AP prompt.
Unified Mode shows the AP's MAC address (based on the BVI interface):
If the AP is in Unified Mode, check the directory to see if an Autonomous AP image exists, and then boot that image.
Check the directory:
Boot the autonomous image, and the AP should boot in autonomous mode:
Downloading a new image
If the autonomous image fails to boot (for example, due to a corrupt image), download a new image down to the AP.
To do this,
- Copy the image to the gateway.
- Make the gateway the TFTP server for the image.
- Install the image from the IR829 gateway.
Copy AP image to router:
Connect to the console of the AP from the gateway.
Note: Add an IP address if the wlan-ap 0 interface does not yet have one.
If the AP is in Unified mode, set AP to local mode to stop it from rebooting.
To connect back to the gateway, type CTRL-SHIFT-^
, then X
Copy necessary AP code to the gateway flash. Use a current AP 803 image.
Example: ap1g3-k9w7-tar.153-3.JI1
or enable scp
Configure the IR829 to be tftp server for the image.
On the IR829gateway:
On the AP:
Note: Subsitute ip of gateway
with the gateway IP address.