Cisco Aironet 1410 Wireless Bridge
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3. Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 A April 4 2005 These release notes describe new features and open and resolved caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 JA They also provide important information about the Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridge hereafter called bridge Contents These release notes contain the following sections Introduction page 2 System Requirements page 2 New Features page 3 Installation Notes page 3 Important Notes page 4 Caveats page 6 Troubleshooting page 7 Documentation Updates page 7 Related Documentation page 7 Obtaining Documentation page 8 Documentation Feedback page 9 Cisco Product Security Overview page 9 Obtaining Technical Assistance page 10 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information page 11 Cisco SYSTEMS Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems Inc 170 West Tasman Drive San J ose CA 95134 1706 USA Copyright 2005 Cisco Systems Inc All rights reserved HZ introduction Introduction The Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Bridge is a wireless device designed for building to building wireless connectivity Operating in the 5 8 GHz UNII 3 band 5725 to 5825 MHz derived from the 802 11a standard the bridge delivers 6 to 54 Mbps data rates without the need for a license The bridge is a self contained unit designed for outdoor installations providing differing antenna gains as well as coverage patterns and suppor
4. acked installation consists of two bridge systems installed at the same physical location For detailed mounting instructions refer to the Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Mounting Instructions that shipped with your bridge Note The bridge antennas must be separated by a minimum of 6 56 ft 2 m from each other and from other co located antennas Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 J A OL 7095 01 ENI WE important Notes Important Notes This section describes important information about the bridge Default SSID and Distance Settings Change When You Change Role in Radio Netw ork If the bridge s SSID has not been changed from the default setting and you select Install Automatic Mode as the bridge s role in radio network setting the SSID automatically changes from tsunami to autoinstall When you change the role in radio network from Install Automatic Mode to Root or Non Root the SSID changes automatically from autoinstall back to tsunami However if you change the SSID from its default setting changing the role in radio network setting does not change the SSID In Install Automatic Mode the default distance setting is 99 km When you change the role in radio network from Install Automatic Mode to Root or Non Root the distance setting changes automatically from 99 km to 0 km Default Encryption Key 2 Is Set by Bridge The encryption key in slot 2 is the transmit key by
5. ation that you send to Cisco PSIRT can work from encrypted information that is compatible with PGP versions 2 x through 8 x Never use a revoked or an expired encryption key The correct public key to use in your correspondence with PSIRT is the one that has the most recent creation date in this public key server list http pgp mit edu 11371 pks lookup search psirt 40cisco com amp op index amp exact on In an emergency you can also reach PSIRT by telephone 1 877 228 7302 1408 525 6532 Obtaining Technical Assistance For all customers partners resellers and distributors who hold valid Cisco service contracts Cisco Technical Support provides 24 hour a day award winning technical assistance The Cisco Technical Support Website on Cisco com features extensive online support resources In addition Cisco Technical Assistance Center TAC engineers provide telephone support If you do not hold a valid Cisco service contract contact your reseller Cisco Technical Support Website The Cisco Technical Support Website provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies The website is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year at this URL http www cisco com techsupport Access to all tools on the Cisco Technical Support Website requires a Cisco com user ID and password If you have a valid service contract but do not have a user ID or password you can reg
6. co IOS Release 12 3 4 JA CSCed36477 The CLI now warns users that bridges do not support different encryption settings on multiple VLANs CSCef60659 A document that describes how the Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP could be used to perform a number of Denial of Service DoS attacks against the Transmission Control Protocol TCP has been made publicly available This document has been published through the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF Internet Draft process and is entitled ICMP Attacks Against TCP draft gont tcpm icmp attacks 03 txt These attacks which only affect sessions terminating or originating on a device itself can be of three types 1 Attacks that use ICMP hard error messages 2 Attacks that use ICMP fragmentation needed and Don t Fragment DF bit set messages also known as Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery PMTUD attacks 3 Attacks that use ICMP source quench messages Successful attacks may cause connection resets or reduction of throughput in existing connections depending on the attack type Multiple Cisco products are affected by the attacks described in this Internet draft Cisco has made free software available to address these vulnerabilities In some cases there are workarounds available to mitigate the effects of the vulnerability This advisory is posted at http www cisco com warp public 707 cisco sa 20050412 icmp shtml The disclosure of these vulnerab
7. default If you enable WEP with MIC use the same WEP key as the transmit key in the same key slot on both root and non root bridges Limitation to PAgP Redundancy on Switches Connected by Bridge Links When two switches configured for Port Aggregation Protocol PAgP are connected by redundant wireless bridge links the PAgP switchover takes at least 30 seconds which is too slow to maintain TCP sessions from one port to another CLI Command power client n Is Not Supported The bridge does not support the power client n configuration interface command in the web browser or CLI interfaces The bridge does not perform any action when you enter this command Default Infrastructure SSID When VLAN is enabled the WEP encryption mode and the WEP key are applicable only to a native VLAN Any SSID configured should have the Infrastructure SSID parameter enabled for that SSID With the Infrastructure SSID parameter enabled the bridge ensures that a non native VLAN cannot be assigned to that SSID ARP Table Is Corrupted When M ultiple BVIs Are Configured The bridge supports only one bridge virtual interface BVI Multiple BVIs should not be configured because the ARP table may become corrupted Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 J A OL 7095 01 ImportantNotes W Bridge Power Up LED Colors During power up the bridge LEDs display the following color sequences The Install LED is initially turn
8. e request is assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer The TAC Service Request Tool is located at this URL http www cisco com techsupport servicerequest For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access contact the Cisco TAC by telephone S1 or S2 service requests are those in which your production network is down or severely degraded Cisco TAC engineers are assigned immediately to S1 and S2 service requests to help keep your business operations running smoothly To open a service request by telephone use one of the following numbers Asia Pacific 61 2 8446 7411 Australia 1 800 805 227 EMEA 32 2 704 55 55 USA 1 800 553 2447 For a complete list of Cisco TAC contacts go to this URL http www cisco com techsupport contacts Definitions of Service Request Severity To ensure that all service requests are reported in a standard format Cisco has established severity definitions Severity 1 S1 Your network is down or there is a critical impact to your business operations You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation Severity 2 S2 Operation of an existing network is severely degraded or significant aspects of your business operation are negatively affected by inadequate performance of Cisco products You and Cisco will commit full time resources during normal business hours to resolve the situation Severity 3 S3 Operational performance of your n
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10. ed at the same time For best results use the archive download command in the CLI Bridge Cannot Detect Invalid Softw are When Using copy Command The bridge sometimes cannot detect invalid software images when you load software using the copy command For best results use the archive download command in the CLI to load new software Telnet Session Sometimes Hangs or Will Not Start During Heavy Traffic When the bridge is transmitting and receiving heavy traffic you sometimes cannot start a Telnet session and some existing Telnet sessions freeze or hang However this behavior is expected because the bridge gives top priority to data traffic and a lower priority to Telnet traffic Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 J A OL 7095 01 a HI Caveats Caveats This section lists open and resolved caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 JA for the bridge Open Caveats These caveats are open in Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 JA CSCsa72936 The results for the show controller d0 command do not include the radio serial number Workaround Enter show interface d0 mem 5fd4 12 in privileged EXEC mode and then do a hexadecimal ASCII conversion on the 12 byte result This example shows the command and the command output AP sh int dO mem 5fd4 12 5FD4 4F46 3043 3338 4234 4831 004C The 12 byte output converts to the ASCII serial number FOC0834B1HL Resolved Caveats These caveats are resolved in Cis
11. ed off The Install LED turns amber The Status LED turns amber during the boot loader process The Ethernet Status and Radio LEDs turn green during the loading of the operating system The Ethernet Status and Radio LEDs turn amber during the loop back test The Status LED starts to blink green then the Ethernet LED starts to blink green SS e ee Nee The Ethernet Status and Radio LEDs blink amber twice to indicate that the auto install process has started 8 During the auto install process the Ethernet Status and Radio LEDs turn off for a short time period then go through a blinking sequence twice Each LED sequentially blinks at the following rates before becoming continuously amber a Slow blinking rate of 1 blink per second b Medium blinking rate of 2 blinks per second c Fast blinking rate of 4 blinks per second 9 The Install LED starts to blink amber to indicate that the bridge is searching for a root bridge 10 When the bridge associates to a root bridge the Install LED turns amber 11 When the bridge becomes a root bridge and is waiting for a non root bridge to associate the Install LED blinks green 12 When the root bridge has a non root bridge associated the Install LED turns green Bridge Cannot Detect Simultaneous Image Downloads Do not attempt to load software images into the bridge from both a Telnet session and console session simultaneously The bridge cannot detect that two images are being load
12. eries Wireless Bridge Software Configuration Guide Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 J A OL 7095 01 7 W Obtaining Documentation Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Hardware Installation Guide Cisco IOS Command Reference for Access Points and Bridges Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Mounting Instructions Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge 9 dBi Omnidirectional Antenna Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge 10 dBi Sector Antenna Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge 28 dBi Dish Antenna Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Roof Mount Assembly Instructions Obtaining Documentation Cisco com Cisco documentation and additional literature are available on Cisco com Cisco also provides several ways to obtain technical assistance and other technical resources These sections explain how to obtain technical information from Cisco Systems You can access the most current Cisco documentation at this URL http www cisco com univercd home home htm You can access the Cisco website at this URL http www cisco com You can access international Cisco websites at this URL http www cisco com public countries_languages shtml Documentation DVD Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a Documentation DVD package which may have shipped with your product The Documentation DVD is updated regularly and may be more current than
13. etwork is impaired but most business operations remain functional You and Cisco will commit resources during normal business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels Severity 4 S4 You require information or assistance with Cisco product capabilities installation or configuration There is little or no effect on your business operations Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Information about Cisco products technologies and network solutions is available from various online and printed sources Cisco Marketplace provides a variety of Cisco books reference guides and logo merchandise Visit Cisco Marketplace the company store at this URL http www cisco com go marketplace I OL 7095 01 Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 A gy HZ Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Cisco Press publishes a wide range of general networking training and certification titles Both new and experienced users will benefit from these publications For current Cisco Press titles and other information go to Cisco Press at this URL http www ciscopress com Packet magazine is the Cisco Systems technical user magazine for maximizing Internet and networking investments Each quarter Packet delivers coverage of the latest industry trends technology breakthroughs and Cisco products and solutions as well as network deployment and troubleshooting tips configurat
14. ilities is being coordinated by the National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre NISCC based in the United Kingdom NISCC is working with multiple vendors whose products are potentially affected Its posting can be found at http www niscc gov uk niscc docs re 20050412 00303 pdf lang en CSCsa46541 Non root bridges no longer reboot after receiving a radio_temp_get request m_ Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1410 Bridges for Cisco 10S Release 12 3 4 J A OL 7095 01 Troubleshooting W CSCsa59600 A document that describes how the Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP could be used to perform a number of Denial of Service DoS attacks against the Transmission Control Protocol TCP has been made publicly available This document has been published through the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF Internet Draft process and is entitled ICMP Attacks Against TCP draft gont tcpm icmp attacks 03 txt These attacks which only affect sessions terminating or originating on a device itself can be of three types 1 Attacks that use ICMP hard error messages 2 Attacks that use ICMP fragmentation needed and Don t Fragment DF bit set messages also known as Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery PMTUD attacks 3 Attacks that use ICMP source quench messages Successful attacks may cause connection resets or reduction of throughput in existing connections depending on the attack type Multi
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18. ple Cisco products are affected by the attacks described in this Internet draft Cisco has made free software available to address these vulnerabilities In some cases there are workarounds available to mitigate the effects of the vulnerability This advisory is posted at http www cisco com warp public 707 cisco sa 20050412 icmp shtml The disclosure of these vulnerabilities is being coordinated by the National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre NISCC based in the United Kingdom NISCC is working with multiple vendors whose products are potentially affected Its posting can be found at http www niscc gov uk niscc docs re 20050412 00303 pdf lang en CSCsa64627 STP now functions properly when the native VLAN is not VLAN 1 Troubleshooting For the most up to date detailed troubleshooting information refer to the Cisco TAC website at http www cisco com tac Click Technology Support choose Wireless from the menu on the left and click Wireless LAN Documentation Updates The Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Mounting Instructions provides detailed instructions for installing and mounting the bridge Stacking Bridges Section Changes The separation distance between the two stacked bridge antennas is a minimum of 6 56 ft 2 m Related Documentation These documents describe the installation and configuration of the bridge Quick Start Guide Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge Cisco Aironet 1400 S
19. ts both point to point and point to multipoint configurations The bridge uses a browser based management system but you can also configure the bridge using the command line interface CLI through a Telnet session Cisco IOS commands or Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP System Requirements You can install Cisco IOS Release 12 3 4 JA on all 1400 series bridges Finding the Software Version To find the version of Cisco IOS software running on your bridge use a Telnet session to log into the bridge and enter the show version EXEC command This example shows command output from a bridge running Cisco IOS Release 12 2 13 JA2 bridge gt show version Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS tm C1410 Software C1410 K9W7 M Version 12 2 13 JA2 Copyright c 1986 2003 by Cisco Systems Inc You can also find the software version on the System Software Version page in the bridge s web browser interface Upgrading to a New Software Release For instructions on installing bridge software 1 Follow this link to the Cisco Aironet documentation home page http www cisco com univercd cc td doc product wireless index htm 2 Follow this path to the product document and chapter Aironet 1400 Series Wireless LAN Products gt Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Bridge gt Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Bridge Software Configuration Guide gt Managing Firmware and Configurations gt Working with Software Images 3 Click this link
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