Chapter 6 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Distributing Firmware
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Distributing Firmware
Use the Distribute Firmware page to distribute the access point’s firmware to
other Cisco Aironet access points.
Figure 6-7
shows the Distribute Firmware
page.
The access point sends its firmware to all the access points on your network that:
•
Are running access point firmware version 11.40 or newer
•
Can detect the IP multicast query issued by the distributing access point
(network devices such as routers can block multicast messages)
•
Have their web servers enabled for external browsing (see the
“Entering Web
Server Settings and Setting Up Access Point Help” section on page 3-55
)
•
Have the same HTTP port setting as the distributing access point (the HTTP
port setting is on the Web Server Setup page)
•
Have a Default Gateway setting other than the default setting, which is
255.255.255.255 (the Default Gateway setting is on the Express Setup and
Routing Setup pages)
•
If they have User Manager enabled, contain in their User Lists a user with the
same user name, password, and capabilities as the user performing the
distribution (the person logged in on the distributing access point)
Follow the steps in the
“Limiting Distributions” section on page 6-11
to limit the
firmware distribution to certain access points.
Figure 6-7
Distribute Firmware Page