Specifications

Administration
4-42 Advanced Configuration
Upgrading Firmware
YoucanupgradetheRBT‐4102softwarefromalocalfileonthemanagementworkstation,orfrom
anFTPorTFTPserver.NewsoftwaremaybeprovidedperiodicallyontheWirelessWebsite
(http://www.enterasys.com/products/wireless).
Afterupgradingnewsoftware,youmustreboottheRBT‐4102toimplementthenewcode.
Untila
rebootoccurs,theRBT‐4102willcontinuetorunthesoftwareitwasusingbeforetheupgrade
started.
Beforeupgradingnewsoftware,verifythattheRBT‐4102isconnectedtothenetworkandhasbeen
configuredwithacompatibleIPaddressandsubnetmask.
Bulkupgradescanbedoneusing
EnterasysNetworksNetSightInventoryManager.
IfyouneedtodownloadfromanFTPorTFTPserver,performthefollowingadditionaltasks:
• ObtaintheIPaddressoftheFTPorTFTPserverwheretheaccesspointsoftwareisstored.
•Verifythattheimageisintheappropriatedirectoryontheserver.
•Ifupgrading
fromanFTPserver,besurethatyouhaveanaccountconfiguredontheserver
withausernameandpassword.
•IfVLANsareconfiguredontheaccesspoint,determinetheVLANIDwithwhichtheFTPor
TFTPserverisassociated,andthenconfigurethemanagementstation,orthenetwork
portto
whichitisattached,withthesameVLANID.Ifyouaremanagingtheaccess pointfroma
wirelessclient,theVLANIDforthewirelessclientmustbeconfiguredonaRADIUSserver.