Medias Mediatrix 1204, Reference Manual

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Chapter 3 - Web Interface – Management Firmware Download
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6. Initiate the firmware download by setting the System Command drop-down menu of the System –
Admin Web Page to downloadSoftware .
7. Click Submit .
This starts the download process. See “System Management” on page 33 for more details on the
system commands.
The firmware download may take several minutes, depending on your Internet connection, network
conditions and servers conditions.
If Transparent Address Sharing is enabled during the firmware download, the PC connected to the
Mediatrix 1204 may experience momentary loss of Internet connectivity.
Automatic Firmware Update
You can configure the Mediatrix 1204 to automatically update its firmware. This update can be done:
Every time the Mediatrix 1204 restarts.
At a specific time interval you can define.
Automatic Update on Restart
The Mediatrix 1204 may download a new firmware each time it restarts.
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To set the automatic update every time the Mediatrix 1204 restarts:
1. If not already done, setup the Image server used to download the firmware (see “Before
Downloading” on page 53 ).
2. Place the firmware to download on the computer hosting the TFTP or HTTP server.
The file must be in a directory under the TFTP root path.
3. If you are downloading via TFTP, be sure that UDP ports 60000 to 60512 inclusively are opened in
your firewall.
4. If not already done, configure the Image path as described in “Setting up the Configuration File
Download” on page 43 .
5. If not already done, configure the image hosts and ports, as well as the transfer protocol, as defined
in
“Firmware Servers Configuration” on page 54 .
Caution:
Never shutdown the Mediatrix 1204 manually while in the download process, because the image
may be partially written and the Mediatrix 1204 is unable to restart.
Caution:
When downloading via HTTP, the firmware download server’s port must be 80. You can see the
actual port assigned in the Status section of the Firmware Download page.
If you are using a DHCP server and it did not provide the proper port, reconfigure it with the proper port or
use a static configuration. See
“Configuration File Server Settings” on page 42 for more details.