Wireless access to home lab

Jon_Cisco

Do many people set up there labs to be wireless? My only experience with wireless is my home router.

I was wondering if I could use an old router from my cable internet or if I would need to by something like a Cisco Aironet 1242AG 802.11A/G Wireless Access Point. I figure since it's a cisco lab it probably makes sense to get a POE access point but I don't have any previous knowledge about them so I figured I would inquire about what others have set up.

Currently I'm using an access server with a console cable but I would like to access it with my laptop while moving around the house if possible.

thanks for any input.
Jon

elderkai

Well, if you have it attached to your access server you can just access that with your laptop.

If interested in Cisco Wireless, I'd go with the 1242. No need for WLC, robust looking body, and cheap on ebay. No real need for PoE even though it is convenient.

backdoor1

Thanks for posting. If you could share how you configured your access server I would appreciate it.

Jon_Cisco

I am still setting up my lab so it's not fully configured yet but here is the basic idea.
I think this might have been my first config file I was testing with.

A2511RJ#terminal length 0
A2511RJ#show run
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 659 bytes
!
version 12.1
no service single-slot-reload-enable
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname A2511RJ
!
!
!
!
!
!
ip subnet-zero
no ip domain-lookup
ip host r1 2001 172.16.1.2
ip host r2 2002 172.16.1.2
ip host s1 2003 172.16.1.2
ip host s2 2004 172.16.1.2
!
!
!
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 172.16.1.2 255.255.255.255
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
!
ip classless
no ip http server
!
privilege exec level 0 clear line
!
line con 0
line 1 16
exec-timeout 0 0
no exec
transport input telnet
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
login
!
end

A2511RJ#

m1979

If you want sth better (and can spend more) than look for an Aironet which supports 802.11n (eg 1140 or new series). You could use it for your lab and as your real AP later on!