CISCO CISCO CBW142ACME Instructions

QUICK START GUIDE

Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender

Thank you for choosing the Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender.
The mesh extender can be used to expand coverage of your existing Cisco Business Wireless Network.
This Quick Start Guide will get you up and running in no time.

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Product Features

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Status LED

What’s in the Box

● Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender

● Quick Start Guide

● Technical Support Contact List

● Pointer Card China RoHS

● Compliance Information (for EU SKU only)

First, You’ll Need...

Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender | Quick Start Guide

● An active Internet connection

● An operational/congured CBW Primary AP

(140AC/145AC/240AC) with Mesh enabled

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● A router (to act as your DHCP server)

● A QR code reader (if not using the Cisco

Business app). Free QR code readers are
available for Android and Apple products.

QR Code

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Mode Button (on side)

Kensington Lock (on side)

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AC Plug (will vary by country)

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Cisco Business app*

Download the free Cisco Business app to
simplify setup and monitoring. The app
already contains a QR code reader.

*When available

Get ConguredGet Connected

Step 1—Connect

Cisco Business Primary Access Point

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Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender

VIA WIRELESS (WEB UI)

Join the SSID of the

Primary AP that was set up
during initial conguration.

Step 2—Access via Wireless (WEB UI)

Launch a web browser and type the URL

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https://ciscobusiness.cisco and press

“Enter”.

Log into the Primary AP with the user name

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and password you created while conguring
the Primary AP.

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Go to Wireless Settings>WLAN Users>Local

MAC Addresses.

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Click “Add MAC Address” and add the MAC
address of the mesh extender to join the
network.

NOTE: If the access point was not set up with

Mesh support enabled you will not be able to
add Mesh extenders to your WLAN until Mesh

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support is enabled. Go to Wireless Settings >

Mesh and if the “Mesh” button is not enabled
(green), enable it and select “apply”. Select

“Yes” on the pop-up conrmation window. The
AP will now reboot.

For more details on LED indicators and advanced congurations, see “Cisco Business Wireless Access

Point Administration Guide”.

VIA APP

Open the app and go to “Monitor My Network”.

Select the Discovered Primary and log into the
Primary AP. Select “Add a device” and follow

the setup steps. Finally, plug the mesh extender
into a power outlet. During initial boot up the
LED will cycle through red, amber and green. A
solid or blinking green LED ensures that joining
was successful.

Select the Type as “Whitelist”

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The mesh extender LED will cycle through multiple

states while the unit is uploading rmware and
joining the Primary AP. This may take ten minutes

or more. A solid or blinking green LED ensures that
joining was successful.

You can navigate to Wireless Settings>Access

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Points and check if the mesh extender is listed
under the “AP Model” column of the table. This may
take a few minutes to appear in the table.

Save the conguration by selecting the red disk

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icon in the web interface (UI) header and select “OK”

on the conrmation pop-up window.

You can now manage the mesh extender using the

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Primary AP web-UI

Preparing Your Product

If you have downloaded the Cisco Business app, use it to connect to the SSID of the Primary

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AP and proceed to “Get Congured”. If you are not using the app then obtain the MAC address

by scanning the QR code on the back of the mesh extender. Once you have the MAC address
proceed to step .

Plug the mesh extender into a power outlet. The mesh extender will begin initial boot up.

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During this process the LED will cycle through red, amber and green. This is normal and you

may continue on to “Get Congured”.

Cisco Business 142AC Mesh Extender | Quick Start Guide

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Step 3—Mount and Ground

Cisco Business mesh extenders can be mounted in several congurations.

For detailed mounting instructions, see ”Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Administration Guide”.

Support

For Cisco support and additional product documentation, including
the Administration Guide, visit:

cisco.com/go/cbw142ac

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