Chapter 10 Maintenance
WAP6906 User’s Guide
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10.5 Firmware Upgrade Screen
Find firmware at
www.zyxel.com
in a file that (usually) uses the system model name with a “*.bin”
extension, e.g., “WAP6906.bin”. The upload process uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and may
take up to two minutes. After a successful upload, the system will reboot.
Click
Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade
. Follow the instructions in this screen to upload firmware to your
WAP6906.
New Date
(yyyy/mm/dd)
This field displays the last updated date from the time server or the last date configured
manually.
When you select
Manual
, enter the new date in this field and then click
Apply
.
Get from Time Server
Select this radio button to have the WAP6906 get the time and date from the time server(s)
you specified below.
Time Zone Setup
Time Zone
Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time
zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Daylight Saving
Enable
Daylight saving is a period from late spring to early fall when many countries set their clocks
ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more daytime light in the evening.
Select this option if you use Daylight Saving Time.
Start Date
Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time starts if you selected
Daylight
Saving Enable
. The
at
field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time starts in most parts of the United States on the second Sunday of
March. Each time zone in the United States starts using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local
time. So in the United States you would select
Second
,
Sunday
,
March
and select
2
in the
at
field.
Daylight Saving Time starts in the European Union on the last Sunday of March. All of the
time zones in the European Union start using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1
A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select
Last
,
Sunday
,
March
. The time
you select in the
at
field depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you would
select 2 because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
End Date
Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you selected
Daylight
Saving Enable
. The
at
field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the first Sunday of November. Each time
zone in the United States stops using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local time. So in the
United States you would select
First
,
Sunday
,
November
and select 2 in the
at
field.
Daylight Saving Time ends in the European Union on the last Sunday of October. All of the
time zones in the European Union stop using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1
A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select
Last
,
Sunday
,
October
. The
time you select in the
at
field depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you
would select 2 because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the WAP6906.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 23 Maintenance > Time (continued)
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