I know the username and password of my Cisco 2500 series wireless & ethernet controller and its IP address, but when I enter the IP address into a web browser (Firefox and Chrome) it states the location cannot be reached / connection cannot be established. The admin GUI showed up when I connected the router/controller to my laptop for the first time and I set up the admin username/password and IP address that way, but when I hit Enter/exited the GUI it sort of froze and didn't seem to close properly, so I am worried something may be broken now.
My laptop uses Ubuntu 18.04 linux and I have it connected via ethernet to the router, as well as a console cable from the laptop's USB to the router's Console port. I am able to communicate with the router through the linux software called "minicom" (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Minicom & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CiscoConsole) and the enable command works, the debug command works, the config command works, but I am new to programming Cisco routers so I don't know what series of commands I need to "fix it".
Here is the system output:
(Cisco Controller) >show sysinfo
Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
Product Version.................................. 8.0.140.0
Bootloader Version............................... 1.0.20
Field Recovery Image Version..................... 7.6.101.1
Firmware Version................................. PIC 16.0
Build Type....................................... DATA + WPS
System Name...................................... Chassis
System Location..................................
System Contact...................................
System ObjectID.................................. 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1279
IP Address....................................... 10.0.0.10
IPv6 Address..................................... ::
Last Reset....................................... Power on reset
System Up Time................................... 0 days 0 hrs 44 mins 2 secs
System Timezone Location......................... (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada)
System Stats Realtime Interval................... 5
System Stats Normal Interval..................... 180
--More-- or (q)uit
Configured Country............................... US - United States
Operating Environment............................ Commercial (0 to 40 C)
Internal Temp Alarm Limits....................... 0 to 65 C
Internal Temperature............................. +31 C
External Temperature............................. +34 C
Fan Status....................................... 4800 rpm
State of 802.11b Network......................... Enabled
State of 802.11a Network......................... Enabled
Number of WLANs.................................. 1
Number of Active Clients......................... 0
Burned-in MAC Address............................ B8:38:61:40:56:80
Maximum number of APs supported.................. 75
System Nas-Id....................................
WLC MIC Certificate Types........................ SHA1
I apologize if this is an elementary problem or the problem is not stated correctly, but this is my first time on NE.SX.com so please do excuse me. Thank you for your assistance in advance.
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from your Cisco, and the IP address details of your laptop? Are you able to ping the Cisco but the web GUI doesn't work; or does ping also fail? – Jeff Wheeler Jul 5 '20 at 13:47