Chapter 7: Maintenance Menu
Downloading the Configuration from the Access Point to Your Computer
This procedure explains how to download the configuration of the access point as a file to your computer or a network server. You might perform this procedure to maintain a history of the configurations of the unit so that you can easily return it to an earlier configuration, if needed. This procedure is also useful if there are several access points that are to have the same or nearly the same settings. You can configure one unit and then transfer its configuration to the other units. Please review the following information before performing this procedure:
You may not edit a configuration file with a text editor.
This procedure does not interrupt the operations of the access point.
To download the configuration of the access point as a file to your management workstation or network server, perform the following procedure:
1.From the Maintenance menu, select Configuration.
The access point displays the “Manage this Access Point’s Configuration” window in Figure 52 on page 157.
2.Click the Download button in the To Save the Current Configuration to a Backup File section of the window.
3.Click the Browse button and select the folder or directory in which to store the file on your management workstation or network server.
4.If desired, change the filename for the configuration file. The filename suffix must be XML.
5.Click Save.
The access point downloads its configuration to your management workstation and stores it in the designated folder.
