Cabletron Systems 3Com manual Manually Updating, AP Firmware, previous version of AP firmware

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4Press space bar or left/right arrows to toggle between Enabled and Disabled.

Parameter

Description

 

 

Any Event Logging

Logs all events listed in the window.

Security Violations

Logs ACL filter or administrative password access violations.

MU State Changes

Allows logging of all wireless client state changes.

WNMP Events

Logs WNMP events such as wireless clients using WNMP.

Serial Port Events

Logs serial port activity.

AP-AP Msgs

Logs AP to AP communication.

Telnet Logins

Logs telnet sessions for monitoring and administration.

System Events

Internal use only.

Ethernet Events

Logs events such as packet transmissions and errors.

 

 

5Verify that values reflect the network environment and change them as needed.

6Do one of the following:

Select OK to register the settings.

Or:

Select Save to write changes to NVM, which generates a confirmation prompt.

7Select Save ALL APs [F2] to save the Event Logging Configuration information to all APs with the same WLAN Service Area.

This option saves the configuration changes for the current AP, and sends two WNMP messages to all other APs on the Known APs table to update their configurations and reset them after the configuration has been modified. You can execute this option only among the same hardware platforms and firmware versions.

8Select Cancel [ESC] to disregard any changes made to this screen and return to the previous menu.

Manually Updating

You have two options for manually updating the AP firmware. You can use either

AP Firmware

of the following:

 

A TFTP host

 

Any computer using the Xmodem file transfer protocol.

 

The two files required for firmware updates are:

 

dsap_fw.bin

 

3cap_htm.bin

 

If you update the AP firmware, you will not be able to downgrade to the

 

previous version of AP firmware.

 

To upgrade the access point to version 2.0, you must first perform the update

 

procedure to update the AP to version 1.5 firmware, and then repeat the update

 

procedure to update to version 2.0. You cannot update the AP directly from 1.0

 

to 2.0 firmware. If you need additional details, contact 3Com Customer Support

 

at the following Web site: http://support.3com.com/wireless.htm

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