Operation Manual

Configuration modes
ELSA LANCOM Wireless
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– If the device no longer responds and it is therefore impossible to log in, it
automatically loads the previous firmware version and reboots the device with it.
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'Manual': With the third option you can define a time period during which you want
to test the new firmware yourself. The device will start with the new firmware and
wait for the preset period until the loaded firmware is manually activated and
therefore becomes permanently effective.
How to load new software
There are various ways of carrying out a firmware upload (which is the term given to the
installation of software), all of which produce the same result:
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Configurations tool
ELSA LANconfig (recommended)
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TFTP
All settings will remain unchanged by a firmware upload. All the same you should save
the configuration first for safety's sake (with
Edit
왘
Save Configuration to File
if
using
ELSA LANconfig
, for example).
If the newly installed release contains parameters which are not present in the device's
current firmware, the router will add the missing values using the default settings.
ELSA LANconfig
When using the ELSA LANconfig configuration tool, highlight the desired device in the
selection list and click on
Edit
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Firmware Management
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Upload New Firmware
,
or click directly on the
Firmware Upload
button. Then select the directory in which the
new version is located and mark the corresponding file.
ELSA LANconfig then tells you the version number and the date of the firmware in the
description and offers to upload the file. The firmware you already have installed will be
replaced by the selected release by clicking
Open
.
You also have to decide whether the firmware should be permanently activated
immediately after loading or set a testing period during which you will activate the
firmware yourself. To activate the firmware during the set test period, click on
Edit
왘
Firmware Management
왘
After upload, start the new firmware in test mode
.
TFTP
With TFTP you can use the
writeflash
command to install new firmware. To transmit a
new firmware version which, for example, is in the 'LC_1000U.130' file, to a device with
the IP address 194.162.200.17, you would enter the following command under Windows
NT for example:
tftp -i 194.162.200.17 put lc_1000u.130 writeflash