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C
HAPTER
3: C
ONFIGURING
THE
B
RIDGE
If the Bridge was using an IP address setting other than the default,
restoring the factory defaults will change the IP address. If you want to
continue configuring the Bridge, do the following:
1
Close your browser.
2
Return to the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager and click
Refresh
.
3
Select the device and click
Configure
to start a new configuration session.
Upgrading the
Bridge Firmware
You can download firmware updates or updates to the Configuration
Management System from the 3Com Web site and install these on the
Bridge.
Options for upgrading the system include using a Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP) server or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. The Bridge acts
as a TFTP or FTP client to receive the download. Alternatively, you an use
the HTTP option and upload the firmware from a downloaded file placed
on your computer.
Using FTP (default)
The general instructions for installing the upgrade using FTP are:
1
Under
Tools
, click
Upgrade System
.
2
Select FTP.
3
Enter the IP address of the FTP server where the upgrade files are located.
4
Enter the user name, password, path and filename in the appropriate
fields.
5
Click
Upgrade
.
Using TFTP
The general instructions for installing the upgrade using TFTP are:
1
Under
Tools
, click
Upgrade System
.
2
Select TFTP.
3
Enter the file name for the firmware.
4
Enter the IP address of the TFTP server where the upgrade files are located.
5
Click
Upgrade
.
