NI WAP-3701/3711 User’s Manual
Web Console Configuration
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Backing up and Restoring Configuration Settings by TFTP
To back up the configuration of the NI WAP-3701/3711 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 NI WAP-3701/3711
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 NI WAP-3701/3711’s configuration
settings will be saved as “
AaBbCcDdEeFf.hex
” by the TFTP server, where
“AaBbCcDdEeFf” is the NI WAP-3701/3711’s MAC address. For example, if the NI
WAP-3701/3711’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 NI WAP-3701/3711 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 NI WAP-3701/3711
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 NI
WAP-3701/3711’s MAC address. For example, if the NI WAP-3701/3711’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
.
7.
In 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, type
ipconfig
, and then press the
Enter
key.
8.
Trigger the restoring process by clicking
Restore
. The NI WAP-3701/3711 will then
download the configuration backup file from the TFTP server.
NOTE
Make sure the file is a valid configuration backup file for NI WAP-3701/3711.
