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Quick Start Guide Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Access Point
When you assign an IP address to the access point/bridge using the CLI, you 
must assign the address to the BVI. Beginning in a privileged EXEC mode, 
follow these steps to assign an IP address to the access point/bridge’s BVI:
Note If you used a Telnet session to connect to the access point, you lose 
your connection when you assign a new IP address to the BVI. If you 
need to continue configuring the access point using Telnet, use the 
new IP address to open another Telnet session to the access point.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
Interface bvi1 Enters interface configuration mode 
for the BVI.
Step 3
ip address address mask Assigns an IP address and subnet mask 
address to the BVI.