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Chapter 10 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Distributing Firmware
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Distributing Firmware
You use the Distribute Firmware page to distribute the access point’s firmware to
other Cisco Aironet access points. Figure 10-7 shows the Distribute Firmware
page. The distributing access point and the access points that receive the firmware
must 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).
The access point sends its firmware to all the access points on your network that:
• Are running access point firmware version 10.00 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 7-7).
• 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
• If they have User Manager enabled, contain in their User Lists a user with the
same username, password, and capabilities as the user performing the
distribution (the person logged in on the distributing access point)