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Release Notes for Cisco Aironet Access Points and Bridges for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)JA

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New Features

Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)JA has the following new features:

• Support for Cisco Aironet 2600 Series Access Points

• Site-Survey Only Mode for 3600, 3500, and 1550 Access Points

• Enhanced Support for Workgroup Bridges

Support for Cisco Aironet 2600 Series Access Points

This release supports standalone Cisco Aironet 2600 Series Access Points. Detailed information and

configuration procedures for autonomous (standalone) access point are in Chapter 6 of the Cisco IOS

Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points, 15.2(2)JA, 12.4(25d)JA & 12.3(8)JEE,

which is available on Cisco.com at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6973/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Note Although 2600 series access points support CleanAir when connected to a wireless LAN controller,

standalone 2600 series access point do not support CleanAir.

Note The 802.11n HT rates apply only to no encryption or WPA2/AES encryption. They do not apply to WEP

or WPA encryption. If WEP or TKIP encryption is used, the 1040, 1140, 1250, 1260, and 2600 series

access points and any 802.11n Draft 2.0 clients will not transmit at the HT rates. Legacy rates

(802.11a/b/g) will be used for any clients using WEP or TKIP encryption.

Site-Survey Only Mode for 3600, 3500, and 1550 Access Points

You can install Cisco IOS Release 15.2(2)JA on Cisco Aironet 3600 and 3500 Series access points and

on 1550 series outdoor access points to perform site surveys. This release runs on these access points

with limited functionality. You can manually adjust these settings on the site-survey access points:

• Channel on each radio

• Transmit power on each radio

• Enable and disable the radios

• Manually set basic and supported transmit rates

• Enable advertised cell power in beacons to client to enable DTPC for doing active surveys

• Enable and disable SSID broadcast in beacons

• Enable open authentication

Enhanced Support for Workgroup Bridges

This release provides additional support for access points in workgroup bridge mode:

• PEAP support for WGB: An access point configured as a workgroup bridge can now associate to a

root access point using PEAP.

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