AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual
Web Console Configuration
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TIP
If you want to upgrade the firmware of a deployed AP from a remote location over the Internet,
adjust the
Timeout
and
Max no. of retries
settings of the TFTP Server for remote TFTP upgrade
to succeed.
Backing up and Restoring Configuration Settings by TFTP
To back up the configuration of the AWK-1100 by TFTP:
1.
Prepare a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger
the backup process.
2.
Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethernet switch ports with a normal Ethernet cable.
3.
Configure the IP address of the computer so that the computer and the AWK-1100 are on the
same IP sub-net.
4.
On the computer, run the TFTP Server utility. Select the
Accept write requests
check box,
and specify the folder to which the configuration settings of the AP will be saved.
5.
On the computer, run a Web browser and click the
General, Firmware
Tools
hyperlink.
6.
Choose
TFTP
as the
Firmware management protocol
.
7.
Within the
Configuration Backup/Restore
section, specify the IP address of the computer
that acts as a TFTP server. If you don’t know the IP address of the computer, open a
Command Prompt, and type
ipconfig
, then press the
Enter
key.
8.
Trigger the backup process by clicking
Back Up
. The AWK-1100’s configuration settings
will be saved as “
AaBbCcDdEeFf.hex
” by the TFTP server, where “AaBbCcDdEeFf” is the
AWK-1100’s MAC address. For example, if the AWK-1100’s MAC address is
00-01-02-33-44-55, the configuration backup file will be “000102334455.hex”.
NOTE
Remember to select the
Accept write requests
check box of TFTP Server.
To restore the configuration of the AWK-1100 by TFTP:
1.
Prepare a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger
the restoring process.
2.
Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethernet switch ports with a normal Ethernet cable.
3.
Configure the IP address of the computer so that the computer and the AWK-1100 are on the
same IP subnet.
4.
On the computer, run the TFTP Server utility, and specify the folder in which the
configuration backup file resides. A configuration backup file is named with the AWK-1100’s
MAC address. For example, if the AWK-1100’s MAC address is 00-01-02-33-44-55, the
configuration backup file should be “000102334455.hex”.
5.
On the computer, open the web browser and click the
General, Firmware
Tools
hyperlink.
6.
Choose
TFTP
as the
Firmware management protocol
.
