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Chapter22 Wireless Device Troubleshooting
Reloading the Access Point Image
Step7 Click Upload.
For additional information, click the Help icon on the Software Upgrade screen.

Browser TFTP Interface

The TFTP interface allows you to use a TFTP server on a network device to load the wireless device
image file. Follow the instructions below to use a TFTP server:
Step1 Open your Internet browser. You must use Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.x or later) or Netscape
Navigator (version 4.x).
Step2 Enter the wireless device’s IP address in the browser address line and press Enter. An Enter Network
Password screen appears.
Step3 Enter your username in the User Name field.
Step4 Enter the wireless device password in the Password field and press Enter. The Summary Status page
appears.
Step5 Click the System Software tab and then click Software Upgrade. The HTTP Upgrade screen appears.
Step6 Click the TFTP Upgrade tab.
Step7 Enter the IP address for the TFTP server in the TFTP Server field.
Step8 Enter the file name for the image file in the Upload New System Image Tar File field. If the file is located
in a subdirectory of the TFTP server root directory, include the relative path of the TFTP server root
directory with the filename. If the file is located in the TFTP root directory, enter only the filename.
Step9 Click Upload.
For additional information click the Help icon on the Software Upgrade screen.
Using the CLI
Follow the steps below to reload the wireless device image using the CLI. When the wireless device
begins to boot, you interrupt the boot process and use boot loader commands to load an image from a
TFTP server to replace the image in the wireless device.
Note Your wireless device configuration is not changed when using the CLI to reload the image file.
Step1 Open the CLI using a Telnet session or a connection to the wireless device console port.
Step2 Reboot the wireless device by removing power and reapplying power.