Appendix I: Firmware Recovery

This section demonstrates how to reload the firmware to the access point should the system fail to launch properly. In such cases, the access point will automatically switch to loader mode and the diagnostic LED will light up and remain ON.

The table below illustrates the behavior of the diagnostic LED ().

 

Access point State

 

 

 

 

Diagnostic LED ( ) State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corrupted

firmware

access

point

Blinks very fast

 

 

automatically switches to loader mode

 

 

 

 

 

Recovery in progress

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

Successful recovery

 

 

 

 

Blinks very slowly

 

Before starting, check the status of the diagnostic LED against the table above to confirm whether firmware failure has occurred.

Step 1:

Power the access point off and disconnect it from the network.

Step 2:

Use a MDI cable to connect the LAN port of the access point to the LAN port of your computer.

Step 3:

Power the access point on, and then start up your computer. You are recommended to set your computer’s IP address to 192.168.168.100 and its network mask to 255.255.255.0.

Step 4:

Insert the Product CD into the CD drive of your computer.

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DeWalt WP54AG manual Appendix I Firmware Recovery, Access point State Diagnostic LED State