Maintaining The Access Point; Managing The Configuration File - D-Link DWL-3500AP - AirPremier Wireless Switching 108G Access Point Administrator's Manual

Maintaining the Access Point

This chapter describes how to maintain the Unified Access Point and contains the following
sections:
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Managing the Configuration File

• Upgrading the Firmware
From the access point Administrator UI, you can perform the following maintenance tasks:
• Restore the factory default configuration.
• Create a backup of the running configuration file on to a management station.
• Restore the AP configuration from a backup file.
• Upgrade the firmware.
• Reboot the AP.
Managing the Configuration File
The Unified Access Point configuration file is in XML format and contains all of the
information about the AP settings. You can download the configuration file to a management
station as a back-up copy or to manually edit the content. When you upload a configuration
file to the AP, the configuration information in the XML file is applied to the AP.
Managing the Configuration File
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