Rebooting The Access Point; Upgrading The Firmware - D-Link DWL-8600AP Administrator's Manual

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12/10/09
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EBOOTING THE CCESS
For maintenance purposes or as a troubleshooting measure, you can reboot the UAP. To reboot the AP, click the Reboot
button on the Configuration page.
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PGRADING THE
As new versions of the UAP firmware become available, you can upgrade the firmware on your devices to take advantage
of new features and enhancements. The AP uses a TFTP client for firmware upgrades. You can also use HTTP to perform
firmware upgrades.
Note: When you upgrade the firmware, the access point retains the existing configuration information.
Use the following steps to upgrade the firmware on an access point by using TFTP:
1. Click the Upgrade tab in the Maintenance section of the navigation tree. This page is also accessible from Tools >
Upgrade menu on the main menu bar.
Information about the current firmware version is displayed and an option to upgrade a new firmware image is provided.
2. Make sure the Use TFTP to upload the file check box is selected.
3. Enter a name for the image file in the New Firmware Image field, including the path to the directory that contains the
image to upload.
For example, to upload the ap_upgrade.tar image located in the /share/builds/ap directory, enter /share/builds/ap/
ap_upgrade.tar in the New Firmware Image field.
The firmware upgrade file supplied must be a tar file. Do not attempt to use bin files or files of other formats for the
upgrade; these types of files will not work.
4. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server.
5. Click Upgrade.
Upon clicking Upgrade for the firmware upgrade, a popup confirmation window is displayed that describes the upgrade
process.
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