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Configuration and management
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ELSA LANCOM Wireless L-II
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If the device no longer responds and it is therefore impossible to log
in, it automatically loads the previous firmware version and reboots
the device with it.
'Manual': With the third option you can define a time period during which
you want to test the new firmware yourself. The device will start with
the new firmware and wait for the preset period until the loaded
firmware is manually activated and therefore becomes permanently
effective.
3.6.2
How to load new software
There are various ways of carrying out a firmware upload (which is the term
given to the installation of software), all of which produce the same result:
ELSA LANconfig
ELSA WEBconfig
TFTP
All settings will remain unchanged by a firmware upload. All the same you
should save the configuration first for safety's sake (with
Edit
Save
configuration to file
if using
ELSA LANconfig
, for example).
If the newly installed release contains parameters which are not present in
the device's current firmware, the router will add the missing values using
the default settings.
ELSA LANconfig
When using
ELSA LANconfig
, highlight the desired device in the selection list
and click on
Edit
Firmware Management
Upload New Firmware
,
or click directly on the
Firmware Upload
button. Then select the directory
in which the new version is located and mark the corresponding file.
ELSA LANconfig
then tells you the version number and the date of the
firmware in the description and offers to upload the file. The firmware you
already have installed will be replaced by the selected release by clicking
Open
.
You also have to decide whether the firmware should be permanently
activated immediately after loading or set a testing period during which you
will activate the firmware yourself. To activate the firmware during the set
test period, click on
Edit
Firmware Management
After upload, start
the new firmware in test mode
.
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