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When using a USB flash drive, the firmware URL must use the following syntax: 127.0.0.1/filesrv/<mountpoint>/<folder name in the public_html directory on the USB flash drive> (Example: 127.0.0.1/filesrv/usb/firmware) |
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2) Switch to the menu item WLAN Controller → AP Update → Firmware version management.
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- If you specify All under Device the firmware management applies to all devices. In this case it is possible to specify any MAC adress albeit it is advisable to specify the first address available in the drop-down menu ( 000000000000 ).
- In the case of a firmware upgrade to a newer version, it is not necessary to create a completely new entry in the firmware management list. All you have to do is change the version number in the Version field (e.g. to 10.42).
- The Date allows you to downgrade to a specific firmware version within a release, for example from a Release Upgrade (RU) on an earlier upgrade. Possible values: 8 characters from 0123456789. The entry must match the format of the UPX header, e.g. 01092014 for September 01, 2014.
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5) Close the configuration dialogs with the OK button and write the configuration back to the WLAN controller. The firmware update commences once the configuration is written to the device.
The new firmware is only activated on the access points once they have been restarted. You can execute a manual reboot or as an alternative you can also set up a cron job on the WLAN controller, which performs the restart during the night hours, for example, if it is not possible to reboot the access points during operations.
1) Reboot updated access points manually:
1.1) To restart the access points manually, open the configuration of the WLAN controller in WEBconfig and go into the menu Extras → LCOS Menu Tree → Setup → WLAN-Management → Central-Firmware-Management and click on the option Reboot-updated-APs.
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2) Automated reboot of the updated access points at a certain time via cron job:
2.1) Open the configuration dialog Date & Time → General → Cron table on the WLAN controller.