Does AP1550 (outdoor) can bridging (P2P) w/o WLC?

[n.poongsawad]

Hi,

Someone said 1550 can run w/o WLC in autonomous mode.

But some (3 years ago) said 1550 can run /w autonomous only for "Site-Survey mode"

Can someone please help ensure that I can utilise a couple of 1550 AP as P2P wifi bridging?

Thanks,

nipat.p

[Christos Stefaneskou]

Hi,

There is autonomous image for 1552 ap.

Regards

[Moin Ilyas]

Converting a Lightweight Access Point Back to Autonomous Mode

You can convert an access point from lightweight mode back to autonomous mode by loading a Cisco IOS Release that supports autonomous mode. If the access point is associated with a controller, you can use the controller to load the Cisco IOS release. If the access point is not associated with a controller, you can load the Cisco IOS release using TFTP.

The image files and their supported access points are listed in Table 2 .

Table 2 Image File Names

Image File	Supported Access Point
Ap3g2	2600I/2600E, 3600I/3600E, 3700I/3700E
Ap3g1	3500I/3500E, 1260I/1260E
Ap1g1	702
Ap1g3	1530I/1530E
Ap1g2	1600I/1600E
1520	1552E, 1552EU, 1552S, 1552I, 1552H
1140	1040 and c1140

Source: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/ios/release/notes/OL-31714-02.html

[sbhadrav@cisco.com]

You can convert any autonomous mode Cisco Aironet access point, to lightweight mode. When you upgrade
one of these access points to lightweight mode, the access point communicates with a controller and receives
a configuration and software image from the controller.
See the Upgrading Autonomous Cisco Aironet AccessPoints to Lightweight Mode document for instructions
to upgrade an autonomous access point to
lightweight mode
Access points converted to lightweight mode do notsupport Wireless DomainServices(WDS). Converted
access points communicate only with Cisco wireless LAN controllers and cannot communicate with
WDSdevices. However, the controller provides functionality that is equivalent to WDS when the access
point associates to it.
• After you convert an access point to lightweight mode, the console port provides read-only access to
the unit.