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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.

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ap>

Unified Mode shows the AP's MAC address (based on the BVI interface):

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AP6cb2.aea5.21ca>

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:

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ap: dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

2    -rwx  5         <date>               private-config

3    drwx  2048      <date>               ap1g3-k9w7-mx.153-3.JC

208  drwx  2048      <date>               ap1g3-k9w8-mx.153-3.JC


-k9w7-   This is autonomous image

-k9w8-   This is unified image

Boot the autonomous image, and the AP should boot in autonomous mode:

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> boot flash:ap1g3-k9w7-mx.153-3.JC/ap1g3-k9w7-mx.153-3.JC

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,

  1. Copy the image to the gateway.
  2. Make the gateway the TFTP server for the image.
  3. 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.

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# conf term

IR829(config)#interface wlan-ap 0

IR829(config-if)# no shut

IR829(config-if)# ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255

IR829(config)#interface Wlan-GigabitEthernet0

IR829(config)# switchport mode access

IR829(config-if)# end



IR829# service-module wlan-ap 0 session

Trying 1.1.1.1, 2004 ... Open

User Access Verification

Username: cisco

Password: Cisco

ap>ena

Password: Cisco

If the AP is in Unified mode, set AP to local mode to stop it from rebooting.

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ap# capwap ap mode local

If necessary enable debug mode

ap# debug capwap console cli


Ensure AP has IP address on BVI interface.

ap(config)# int BVI

ap(config)# ip address dhcp


Verify that AP has IP address

# show ip interface brief

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

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copy tftp: flash:

copy ftp: flash:

or enable scp

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# conf term

IR829(config)# ip scp server enable


copy scp: flash:

Configure the IR829 to be tftp server for the image.

On the IR829gateway:

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ir829 (config) # tftp-server flash:”ap_image_name”

On the AP:

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# archive tar /xtract tftp://<ip of gateway> tar flash:

Note: Subsitute ip of gateway with the gateway IP address.

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