Chapter 6 System Setting

6.4 The Firmware Upgrade Screen

Use this screen to upgrade the NSA firmware. You should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the ZyXEL website.

Do not turn off the NSA while it is upgrading the firmware or you may render it unusable.

Click System Setting > Firmware / Packages to open the following screen.

Figure 52 System Setting > Firmware / Packages

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 17 System Setting > Firmware / Packages

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Firmware File

Type the location of the firmware file you want to upload

 

 

Browse

Click this to find the file on your computer

 

 

Upload

Click this to upload the new firmware. The NSA automatically restarts after you

 

upgrade. Wait until the restart completes before accessing the NSA again. If you

 

interrupt the upgrade, then the NSA may become unusable. See Section 20.1 on page

 

345 for your model’s LED behavior during firmware upgrade.

 

 

Reset

Click this to refresh the screen.

 

 

Periodically Check for

Select this to have the NSA regularly check ZyXEL’s server for updated firmware. The

Latest Firmware

NSA notifies you at login if a new firmware is available.

Automatically

Click Apply to save this field’s setting.

 

 

 

Check for Latest

Click this to check ZyXEL’s server for updated firmware.

Firmware Now

 

 

 

6.5 Package Management Screen

Use this screen to download and install applications from the web. See Chapter 10 on page 215 for more about the features you can add to the NSA by installing packages.

 

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