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Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Lightweight Access Points
Checking the Top Panel LEDs
Table 7-1 Top Panel LED Signals
Message
type
Ethernet
LED
Status
LED
Radio
LED Meaning
Boot loader
status
Green – Green DRAM memory test.
– Amber Red Board initialization test
– Blinking green Blinking green Flash memory test.
Amber Green – Ethernet initialization test.
Green Green Green Starting Cisco IOS.
Association
status
– Green – At least one wireless client device is associated with the
unit.
– Blinking green – No client devices are associated; check the unit’s SSID
and WEP settings.
Operating
status
– Green Blinking green Transmitting/receiving radio packets.
Green – – Ethernet link is operational.
Blinking green – – Transmitting/receiving Ethernet packets.
Boot Loader
Errors
Red – Red DRAM memory test failure.
– Red Red File system failure.
Red Red – Ethernet failure during image recovery.
Amber Green Amber Boot environment error.
Red Green Red No Cisco IOS image file.
Amber Amber Amber Boot failure.
Operation
Errors
– Green Blinking amber Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on the radio.
Blinking amber - – Transmit/receive Ethernet errors.
– Blinking amber – General warning.
Configuration
Reset
– Amber – Resetting the configuration options to factory defaults.
Failure Red Red Red Firmware failure; try disconnecting and reconnecting
unit power.
Firmware
Upgrade
– Red – Loading new firmware image.
Controller
status
Alternating green, red , and amber
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1. This status indication has the highest priority and overrides other status indications.
Connecting to the wireless LAN controller.
Note If the access point remains in this mode for
more than five minutes, the access point is
unable to find the controller. Ensure a DHCP
server is available or that controller information
is configured on the access point.