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877W wireless config

As mentioned earlier I would post my wireless configuration of the Cisco 877W router as soon as I got it to work the way I like. In this setup the commonly used IRB bridge option is not used. This configuration will also work on the 857W model.

!
dot11 ssid <your ssid>
   vlan 2
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 0 <your password>
!
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.2.1
!
ip dhcp pool wireless
   network 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
   default-router 192.168.2.1
   dns-server <dns server> <dns server>
!        
interface Dot11Radio0
 no ip address
 !
 encryption vlan 2 mode ciphers tkip
 !
 ssid <your ssid>
 !
 speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
 channel least-congested 2412 2442 2462
 station-role root
 no cdp enable
!        
interface Dot11Radio0.1
 description WLAN vlan2
 encapsulation dot1Q 2
 ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
 ip nat inside
 ip virtual-reassembly
 no cdp enable
!        
interface Vlan2
 no ip address
!

On the (outside) dialer0 interface I had to add the following line to enable NAT:

ip nat outside

And at last you’ll need the next ip nat and access-list lines to make it work:

ip nat inside source list 103 interface Dialer0 overload
access-list 103 remark Traffic allowed to enter the router from the WLAN
access-list 103 permit 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255

You can use the show dot11 or debug dot11 commands to troubleshoot. For example, the following output displays a associated device:

router#show dot11 associations

802.11 Client Stations on Dot11Radio0:

SSID [<your ssid>] :

MAC Address    IP address      Device        Name            Parent         State    
xxxx.xxxx.xxxx 192.168.2.2     unknown       -               self           Assoc    

router#

Enjoy being wireless!

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