Allied Telesis AT-WA7501, AT-WA7500 manual Using a Windows NT4/2000/XP PC

AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Installation and User’s Guide

You can recover a failed access point using a Windows NT4/2000/XP PC. The procedure is explained in the next subsection.

Using a Windows NT4/2000/XP PC

You can use a Windows NT4/2000/XP PC and a command prompt to recover a failed access point. To access a command prompt, see your Windows documentation. For this procedure you will need to contact Allied Telesyn Technical Support to obtain the AP824X.DNL file.

To recover a failed access point

1.From a command prompt, type this command to create a static ARP cache entry for the netloader.

arp –sx.x.x.x yy-yy-yy-yy-yy-yy where:

x.x.x.xis the IP address that you want to assign the access point

yy-yy-yy-yy-yy-yyis the MAC address of the access point. This MAC address is printed on a label that is on the bottom of the access point.

Note

If you are only recovering one access point, you can enter 00:10:40:FF:FF:FF. This special MAC address works with all access points.

2.Type this command to continuously ping the access point while you boot the access point.

ping –t –l 100 IPaddress

where IPaddress is the access point IP address you assigned in Step 1.

3.Disconnect and reconnect the power cable (or Ethernet cable, if you are using power over Ethernet) to the access point. The access point has no On/Off switch, so it boots as soon as you apply power.

4.When the access point responds to the ping, use any TFTP client to transfer AP824X.DNL file to the access point. Make sure the Transfer mode is binary.

tftp –i IPaddress put AP824X.dnl

where IPaddress is the access point IP address you assigned in Step 1.

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