no "show ip route" on AP1230

May 20, 2005 5 Replies

My access points 1230 have IOS 12.2(11)JA1, and they do not understand the command "show ip route".



Does the command change to something else on the AP or do I have to upgrade the IOS ?



Thanks,



DT



An access point is a layer 2 device - therefore, it does not understand routing. What in particular are you trying to accomplish?

They aren't routers, they just point to a default gateway.

understand

understand

I could not access the remote tftp server ( the problem in fact was the firewall on the tftp server ) and tried to look for the settings of default gateway in the route table. So I tried "show ip route" and uh oh :-)

Thanks for the explanation.

DT

Ah, then you'd use the 'ip default-gateway' command to specify your gateway. At this point, the device is more like a network client, not a router.

Jim

~ > > Does the command change to something else on the AP or do I have to ~ > > upgrade the IOS ? ~ > >

~ > > Thanks, ~ > >

~ > > DT ~ > >

~ >

~ > An access point is a layer 2 device - therefore, it does not ~ understand ~ > routing. What in particular are you trying to accomplish? ~ ~ I could not access the remote tftp server ( the problem in fact was the ~ firewall on the tftp server ) and tried to look for the settings of ~ default gateway in the route table. So I tried "show ip route" and uh ~ oh :-) ~ ~ Thanks for the explanation. ~ ~ DT

The specific command to set your default route in a non-routing IOS device such as an AP is "ip default-gateway w.x.y.z". So to see this, you could use:

ap#show run | include default-gateway ip default-gateway 192.168.5.1

If you don't have a default-gateway defined, then the device will rely on proxy-arp.

Aaron

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