Hi i have a brand new air lap1041n x k9 access point i want to use as standalone device without wlc controller.
													
																	Air lap1242ag a k9 convert to autonomous. 
									
	
		
	
																	Now we upgraded the school wifi system using a newer version of controller 5508 and replacing the old aps with newer model 3702. 
																	Here is the show version output. 
																	Whether a cisco wireless access point ap was pulled from production or purchased new it comes in one of the two operating mode. 
																	Thnaks in advance swamy. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Air lap1242ag a k9. 
																	I need to use the web management console so i wanted to load the cisco ios by using tftp server. 
																	I though i purchased the autonomous units but turns out they shipped the lightweight variand. 
																	I decided to upgrade a new cisco air lap1142n a k9 from the factory lightweight image to an autonomous image so i can have a standalone ap in the event my wlc takes a dive. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Convert a cisco air lap1142n a k9 to autonomous ap our school has quite a few 1142n a k9 aps that used to connected to and controlled by the cisco 4402 controller. 
																	Is it possible to convert it to become a air ap1041n x k9 standalone access point. 
																	This is a method without configure the ip address of the ap as shown below. 
																	I was not able to communicate with the ap on the 10 0 0 1 address. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	If you are dealing with. 
																	I followed below steps. 
																	Ap70ca 9b04 ee00 sh version cisco ios software c1040 software. 
																	Here is a easy and quick way to convert the air lap1142n a k9 to autonomous ap. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Connected my console laptop to ap and given ip to pc as 10 10 10 3 24 and in ap fa0 as 10 10 10 4 able to ping vice versa. 
																	Please could any one tell me the procedures to convert the air lap1242ag e k9 to the autonomous ap because we wrongly ordered the ap. 
																	The decision is fairly easy. 
																	Setting the default ip address and copying to the flash of the ap didn t work for me. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	When you are deploying the ap on your network you must decide what mode you want to run. 
																	I completed this in just a few minutes so this isn t a big deal. 
																	A buddy of mine asked me to post some instructions for him so here it is. 
																	So that we want to use the access point as ios based autonomous ap.