topic RE: Manual AP upgrades in ExtremeWireless (Identifi)

Manual AP upgrades

Paul_Thornton — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:55:00 GMT

I have an AP3805i in our lab that we use when troubleshooting customer wireless issues - it gets connected up to their controllers so we can connect to the wifi and (hopefully) fix things.

This morning I've run into an issue where it refuses to update its code from the controller - not normally an issue, and I can do it locally with TFTP from the AP directly.

Problem is that I can't see how to extract the relevant AP image from the .zip file downloaded from the portal. I'm after the AP image for 10.31.03.12 - where can I find this / how can I get it from the controller?

Thanks

Paul.

RE: Manual AP upgrades

Sam — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:59:00 GMT

Hi Paul,

The AP image files are found in main controller image. Use the 7-Zip application to open the following folders: normal.tgz>normal.tar>.>var>controller>images>ap

Hope this helps.

- Sam

RE: Manual AP upgrades

Engin_Deniz_Ati — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:08:00 GMT

Hi Paul,

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-upgrade-IdentiFi-Wireless-AP-firmwa...

Regards
Engin

RE: Manual AP upgrades

Paul_Thornton — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:04:00 GMT

Thanks, I'd looked at that page, but couldn't find the normal.tgz file anywhere. It may be good to update that page to say something like:

"The .cwe file found in the downloaded .zip file is actually a tar file. Rename it to .tar and then extract normal.tgz from it" - to avoid exactly what I did this morning 🙂

Paul.

RE: Manual AP upgrades

Ronald_Dvorak — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:41:00 GMT

If you've access to the controller you'd load it directly from the controller.
SSH into the controller and then use "shell" (same pw as admin).

cd /var/controller/images/ap/AP3805
then FTP to an FTP-server and use the put cmd to transfer the file

-Ron

RE: Manual AP upgrades

Paul_Thornton — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:41:00 GMT

That's the easiest option - I'll try and remember that for the next time I need to do this (probably in 1 years time or something!)

Thanks,

Paul.