Specifications
Altitude 3500 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide
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To configure BootP options using a Linux/Unix BootP Server:
1 Set the Linux/Unix BootP Server and access point on the same Ethernet segment.
2 Configure the bootptab file (/etc/bootptab) on the Linux/Unix BootP Server in any one of the
formats that follows:
Using options 186, 187 and 188:
AP35xx:ha=00a0f88aa6d8\ <LAN MAC Address>
:sm=255.255.255.0\ <Subnet Mask>
:ip=157.235.93.128\ <IP Address>
:gw=157.235.93.2\ <gateway>
:T186="157.235.93.250"\ <TFTP Server IP>
:T187="apfw.bin"\ <Firmware file>
:T188="cfg.txt": <Configuration file>
Using options 66, 67 and 129:
AP35xx:ha=00a0f88aa6d8\ <LAN MAC Address>
:sm=255.255.255.0\ <Subnet Mask>
:ip=157.235.93.128\ <IP Address>
:gw=157.235.93.2\ <gateway>
:T66="157.235.93.250"\ <TFTP Server IP>
:T67="apfw.bin"\ <Firmware file>
:T129="cfg.txt": <Configuration file>
Using options sa, bf and 136:
AP35xx:ha=00a0f88aa6d8\ <LAN MAC Address>
:sm=255.255.255.0\ <Subnet Mask>
:ip=157.235.93.128\ <IP Address>
:gw=157.235.93.2\ <gateway>
:sa=157.235.93.250\ <TFTP Server IP>
:bf=/tftpboot/cfg.txt\ <Configuration file>
:T136="/tftpboot/": <TFTP root directory>
NOTE
The bf option prefixes a forward slash (/) to the configuration file name. The forward slash may not be
supported on Windows based TFTP Servers.
3 Copy the firmware and configuration files to the appropriate directory on the TFTP Server.
By default, auto update is enabled on the access point (since the LAN Port is a DHCP Client,
out-of-the-box auto update support is on the LAN Port).
4 Restart the access point.
5 While the access point boots, verify the access point:
● Sends a true BootP request.
● Obtains and applies the expected IP Address from the BootP Server.
● Downloads both the firmware and configuration files from the TFTP Server and updates them as
required. Verify the file versions within the System Settings screen.
Whenever a configuration file is specified, the access point will tftp the config file, parse it and use
the firmware file name in the config file.
If T136 is provided by the server, the access point strips off the TFTP root directory from the fully
qualified configuration file name to obtain a relative file name. For example, if using
bf=/opt/tftpdir/ftp/dist/ap.cfg and T136=”/opt/tftpdir”, the config file name is
ftp/dist/ap.cfg. T136 is only used for this purpose. It is NOT used to append to the config file name