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Occasionally you may come across an instance where you need to reset a Cisco 'lightweight' AP to it's default configuration. However, if the AP is not associated to a controller and you do not know the local username/password of the AP, then this can be something of a challenge. In summary, here are the steps to default the AP when you cannot get in to the AP via the 'usual' methods: Put a console cable in to the AP and fire up your terminal emulation program Power up the AP with the reset button pressed at the same time Release the reset button after 15 - 20 secs On the console, you should now be dropped in to a ' ap: ' prompt. Type in the following command to see the files on the AP: ' dir flash:' One of the files listed should be 'private-multiple-fs' Enter the following command to remove the configuration: delete flash:private-multiple-fs Reboot the AP - you will be able to login to the AP using the usual defaults (i.e. enable

In the WiFi industry, there are fewer characters who are more polarizing than Devin Akin ( @DevinAkin ). I guess he is the 'Marmite' of the WiFi industry: you will generally be a huge fan, or maybe not so much :) I personally have always been a huge fan of the work he did when he was part of the CWNP organization - I would not be in the position I am now without the fantastic work that Devin and the guys over at CWNP have done in providing vendor-neutral WiFi certifications. However, back at the beginning of 2012, Devin had moved to Aerohive and was presenting at the WiFi Symposium, which was part of the Wireless Field Day 2 event. I watched all of the videos from that event and learned some very valuable information. However, Devin's presentation about Aerohive's architecture (which you can see at the bottom of this article), and his belief that in the future other vendors must move in a similar direction, was a 'light-bulb' moment for me. I had only been

There are a number of methods of directing an Aerohive AP to find its instance of HiveManager, including using a DHCP option. In this quick tip, I share how to set up a Cisco switch or router DHCP server range to provide the correct  DHCP option to direct an Aerohive AP to a local instance of HiveManager. This is useful if you have a copy of HM running on your own appliance or virtual server. APs may be passed the IP address of HM via DHCP option 226. In the example below, APs are assigned addresses in the range 192.168.20.0/24. The Hive Manager server may be found at 192.168.50.7 in this example. The default router and DNS server options will need to be set to match your own environment. ! ! DHCP range for Aerohoive APs ! (HM address passed to AP using option 226) ! ip dhcp pool APs    network 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0    default-router 192.168.20.254    dns-server 8.8.4.4     option 226 ip 192.168.50.7 Hopefully, this is all fairly self-explanatory if you are famil