User's Manual

System Tools 49
Firmware Upgrade Figure 29 Firmware Upgrade Screen
The Upgrade facility allows you to install on the Access Point any new
releases of system software that 3Com may make available. To install new
software, you first need to download the software from the 3Com support web
site to a folder on your computer. Once you have done this, select Browse to
tell your web browser where this file is on your computer, and then click
Apply. The file will be copied to the Access Point, and once this has
completed, the Access Point will restart. Although the upgrade process has
been designed to preserve your configuration settings, it is recommended that
you make a backup of the configuration beforehand, in case the upgrade
process fails for any reason (for example, the connection between the
computer and the Access Point is lost while the new software is being copied
to the Access Point).
The upgrade procedure can take up to two minutes, and is complete when the
Alert LED has stopped flashing and is permanently off. Make sure that you do
not interrupt power to the Access Point during the upgrade procedure; if you
do, the software may be corrupted and the Access Point may not start up
properly afterwards. If the Alert LED comes on continuously after a failed
upgrade, refer to Chapter 6
, “Troubleshooting”.