User's Manual

Chapter 7 | Maintenance Settings
Upgrading Firmware
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Figure 48: Firmware
The following items are displayed on this page:
◆ Firmware Version — Displays the software image version that is being used as
the runtime image. The “Active” image is the current running software, and the
“Backup” image is the second software file installed on the AP, but not running.
◆ Next Boot Image — Specifies what version of software will be used as a
runtime image upon bootup.
◆ Set Next Boot — Applies the runtime image setting.
◆ Local — Downloads an operation code image file from the web management
station to the access point using HTTP. Use the Browse button to locate the
image file locally on the management station and click Start Upgrade to
proceed.
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New Firmware File: Specifies the name of the code file on the server. The
new firmware file name should not contain slashes (\ or /), the leading letter
of the file name should not be a period (.), and the maximum length for file
names is 32 characters for files on the access point. (Valid characters: A-Z, a-
z, 0-9, “.”, “-”, “_”)
◆ Remote — Downloads an operation code image file from a specified remote
FTP or TFTP server. After filling in the following fields, click Start Upgrade to
proceed.