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Deployment Guide 151
EXAMPLE 1: DEPLOYING A SINGLE HIVEAP
3. Connect the other end of the cable to the male DB-9 or RJ-45 console port on the HiveAP.
4. On your management system, run a VT100 terminal emulation program, such as Tera Term Pro
©
(a free terminal
emulator) or Hilgraeve Hyperterminal
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(provided with Windows
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operating systems). Use the following settings:
• Bits per second (baud rate): 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: none
•Stop bits: 1
• Flow control: none
For HiveAPs set with "FCC" as the region code, the Initial CLI Configuration Wizard appears. For HiveAPs set with
"world" as the region code, a prompt appears to set the country code for the location where you intend to
deploy the HiveAP. To set the country code, enter the boot-param country-code number command, in
which number is the appropriate country code number. For a list of country codes, see "Appendix A Country
Codes" on page 177.
5. Because you do not need to configure all the settings presented in the wizard, press N to cancel it.
The login prompt appears.
6. Log in using the default user name admin and password aerohive.
Step 2 Configure the HiveAP
1. Create an SSID and assign it to an interface.
ssid employee
ssid employee security protocol-suite wpa-auto-psk ascii-key N38bu7Adr0n3
You first create an SSID named "employee" and then define its protocol suite and preshared key
(N38bu7Adr0n3) in standard ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) text.
interface wifi0 ssid employee
You assign the SSID to the wifi0 interface, which is in access mode by default. When you make this
assignment, the HiveAP automatically creates subinterface wifi0.1 and uses that for the SSID. (A HiveAP
can create up to seven subinterfaces per interface—14 total.) A HiveAP uses one or two interfaces in
access mode to communicate with wireless clients accessing the network, and an interface in backhaul
mode to communicate wirelessly with other HiveAPs when in a hive (see subsequent examples).
2. (Optional) Change the name and password of the root admin.
admin root-admin mwebster password 3fF8ha
As a safety precaution, you change the default root admin name and password to mwebster and 3fF8ha.
The next time you log in, use these instead of the default definitions.
3. (Optional) Change the host name of the HiveAP.
hostname HiveAP-1
4. Save your changes to the currently running configuration, and then log out of the serial session.
save config
exit
The HiveAP configuration is complete.
Note: By default, the minimum password length is 5 characters. You can change the minimum length by
entering the following command: admin min-password-length <number> (The minimum
password length can be between 5 and 16 characters.)