Auto-Provisioning - 3Com 3CRWEASYA73 / WL-575 User Manual

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HAPTER YSTEM ONFIGURATION
NOTE: If you have upgraded system software, then you must reboot the access
point to implement the new operation code.

Auto-provisioning

The access point supports automatic and scheduled configuration and firmware
file updating from either similar Bridge/Access Points acting as remote servers
(Autoupdate only), or FTP servers (Autoupdate and Autoupgrade.) When either
Autoupdate or Autoupgrade is enabled, the Bridge/AP will attempt to copy the
configuration or firmware file from the list of configured File Servers.
Downloading either a configuration or firmware file triggers a system reboot,
which is necessary for the updated configuration or update firmware to take
effect. The frequency with which the client sends a request for either new
configuration or new firmware may be varied from Startup, Immediately, or
Startup+Periodic, where a variable number of hours is specified after which a
request for updates is sent to the server.
An Autoupdate configured Bridge/AP can act as a Client, requesting a
configuration file, or as a Server, providing its configuration to another requesting
Bridge/AP.
An Autoupgrade configured Client can only act as a requesting client.
Configuration Data File: Specifies the name of the configuration file. A path on
the server can be specified using "/" in the name, providing the path already
exists; for example, "myfolder/syscfg." Other than to indicate a path, the file
name must not contain any slashes (\ or /), the leading letter cannot be a period
(.), and the maximum length for file names on the TFTP server is 255 characters.
(Valid characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ".", "-", "_")
IP Address: IP address or host name of the TFTP server.
Backup Configuration: Initiates the backup procedure.
Restore Configuration: Initiates the restore procedure.
Restore Factory Settings: Click the Restore button in the user interface to reset
the configuration settings for the access point to the factory defaults and
reboot the system. Note that all user configured information will be lost. You
will have to re-enter the default user name (admin) to re-gain management
access to this device.
Reset Access Point: Click the Reset button in the user interface to reboot the
system.
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