Specifications

A ppendix C Frequently A sked Questions

C.6I have installed a Com pex iWavePort W L 11A into my NetP assage 16A . H ow ever, I

cou ldn’t seem to get my wireless LAN working. I sa w a m essa g e “N O T IC E :

wireless card firm w are must have v0.8.3 or high er” in the m essage window .

The iWavePort W L11A that you have installed into NetP assag e 16A does not have the

required firmware revision. Y ou should update the W L11A firmware to 0.8.3 or higher.

Y ou m ay obtain a copy of W L 11A Firmware U pdate 0.8.3 from C om pex corporate

website (http://www.com pex.com .sg

or http://www.cpx.com ).

C.7What sh o u ld I do if the firm w are is corru pted?

C ode can be corrupted due to pow er su rging while uploading new er firmware resulting

in router fail to startup.

This procedure show s how to reload the firmware to router should som ething go wrong

and router could not startup properly.

Should this happened, the router w ould autom atically sw itch to loader m ode.

when the firmware is corrupted and need to be reloaded, the router DIAG LED

will be O FF while the CONN LED s will BLINK QUICKLY.

Pls refer to Table 1, item (a)

Table 1

R outer Operation stateDIAG CONN

(a) Firmware corrupted, need reload O FF B linking quickly.(10/sec)

(b) Firmware upload successfullyOFFBlinking slow ly

(d) L oader m ode, ready for tftpON(Steady not flashing)

(e) Writing uploaded firmware to flashrom OFF ON (Steady not flashing)

(f) Writing to flashrom succcessful O FF B link slow ly

How to recover router from failed firmware

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Pow er ON the router, check the DIAG and CONN LEDs status as described in

table (1). If the LED s do not blink as indicated in the table, you are experiencing

other problem s. Please call technical support for help.

1) Pow er O FF and disconnect router from the network.

2) C onnect one end of a MDI cable to the LAN port on the router then connect the other

end to your com puter's LAN adapter.