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D-Link UAP Software User Manual 12/10/09 Section 7: Maintaining the Access Point This section describes how to maintain the UAP. From the UAP Administrator UI, you can perform the following maintenance tasks: • Restore the factory default configuration. • Create a backup of the running configuration file on to a management station. • Restore the AP configuration from a backup file. • Upgrade the firmware. • Reboot the AP SAVING THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION TO A BACKUP FILE The AP configuration file is in XML format and contains all of the information about the AP settings. You can download the configuration file to a management station to manually edit the content or to save as a back-up copy. You can use HTTP or TFTP to transfer files to and from the UAP. After you download a configuration file to the management station, you can manually edit the file, which is in XML format. Then, you can upload the edited configuration file to apply those configuration settings to the AP. Under the Maintenance heading, click the Configuration Save tab. This page is also accessible from the Configuration > Configuration Save menu on the main menu bar. Use the following steps to save a copy of the current settings on an AP to a backup configuration file by using TFTP: 1. If it is not already selected, click the check box for using TFTP to download the file. 2. Enter a name for the backup file in the Filename field, including the .xml file name extension and the path to the directory where you want to save the file. 3. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server. . 4. Click Download to save the file. Page 82 Maintaining the Access Point 34CSFP6XXUAP-SWUM100-D13

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D-Link UAP
Software User Manual
12/10/09
Page
82
Maintaining the Access Point
34CSFP6XXUAP-SWUM100-D13
Section 7: Maintaining the Access Point
This section describes how to maintain the UAP.
From the UAP Administrator UI, you can perform the following maintenance tasks:
•
Restore the factory default configuration.
•
Create a backup of the running configuration file on to a management station.
•
Restore the AP configuration from a backup file.
•
Upgrade the firmware.
•
Reboot the AP
S
AVING
THE
C
URRENT
C
ONFIGURATION
TO
A
B
ACKUP
F
ILE
The AP configuration file is in XML format and contains all of the information about the AP settings. You can download the
configuration file to a management station to manually edit the content or to save as a back-up copy.
You can use HTTP or TFTP to transfer files to and from the UAP. After you download a configuration file to the management
station, you can manually edit the file, which is in XML format. Then, you can upload the edited configuration file to apply
those configuration settings to the AP.
Under the
Maintenance
heading, click the
Configuration Save
tab. This page is also accessible from the
Configuration >
Configuration Save
menu on the main menu bar.
Use the following steps to save a copy of the current settings on an AP to a backup configuration file by using TFTP:
1.
If it is not already selected, click the check box for using TFTP to download the file.
2.
Enter a name for the backup file in the
Filename
field, including the .xml file name extension and the path to the directory
where you want to save the file.
3.
Enter the IP address of the TFTP server.
.
4.
Click
Download
to save the file.