Cisco Wireless :: 1262AP / Access Point Not Online On Controller?

I have been trying to get a 1262AP registered to wireless lan controller. The core switch has three 2 vlans in it, management which is vlan 41 and AP interaction vlan which is vlan 51.Controller also has both these vlans.
 
Vlan 41 - 192.168.40.x/23 ( management vlan)
Vlan 61 - 192.168.61.x/24 (AP vlan)
 WLC management interface IP is 192.168.40.18
WLC AP interface IP is 192.168.6.241
 
Now , during the initial steps, the access points are attached to the switchports on vlan41, wherein they get the dhcp ip from the temporary pool created on the controller and get registered.But, these access points in actual environment needs to be on static ip address. When it's ip is changed to a static IP address from the controller , it fails to register to the controller. the switchport is put on vlan6 as access port , after  static ip is assigned to the access point.The error i receive is ;
 
%CAPWAP-3-EVENTLOG: Could not resolve gateway. Not sending discovery request to 0.0.0.0, type 1

the core switch we are using in this new setup is a 2960 with a lanbase image. I realised the switch is not routing enabled. it doesn't accept the command "ip routing". Will this be creating a problem for the access points?  From the switch , the controller management and AP vlan IP address can be pinged. similarly, from the controller, AP and management vlan interface ip address of the switch can be pinged.