Viewing System Status; Upgrading The System; Downloading Upgrade Files; Installing An Upgrade - 3Com 6000 User Manual

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HAPTER ANAGING THE
Viewing System
Status

Upgrading the System

Downloading
Upgrade Files

Installing an Upgrade

W LAN
IRELESS
In the Configuration Management System navigation tree under System Status,
you can view the following information:
Click Currently Associated Clients to see a list of user names and MAC
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addresses of the wireless clients currently associating with the access point.
Click System Summary to see information about the access point.
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You can download firmware updates or updates of the Web server file system (the
files that make up the Configuration Management System) from the 3Com Web site
at http://.3com.com and install those updates on the access point. To avoid problems
that could occur if a wireless association were interrupted during the upgrade, it is
recommended that you perform the upgrade from a computer that is wired to the
LAN. See "Installing the Management Tool on a Computer" on page 19.
If you upgrade both the firmware and the Web server file system, be sure to
upgrade the Web server file system first.
To locate upgrade files and download them to your computer:
1 Log on to the 3Com Web site at http://www.3com.com.
2 Navigate to the product support page.
3 Navigate to the software download page and locate the files you want to
download.
4 Follow the instructions to download the files into a directory on your computer.
1 In the Wireless Network Tree, select the access point to be upgraded and
click Configure.
2 In the Configuration Management System navigation tree under Tools, click
Upgrade System.
3 Select the item to upgrade:
To upgrade the Web server file system, click the Web Server File System radio button.
To upgrade firmware, click the Access Point Firmware radio button.
4 Click Browse, select the upgrade file that you downloaded earlier, and click OK.
If you choose the wrong file, click Clear Entry. The selected file is cleared and you
can browse again for a different file.
5 Click Upgrade.
The upgrade file is copied from your computer to the access point and the access
point restarts using the new upgrade.