Restoring from a Remote FTP Server

To restore from a remote FTP server:

  1. On the Rescue menu, type 5.
    The following menu is displayed:
    1) Display Current Rescue Interface Info
    2) Enter Interface Information
    3) Change default gateway
    4) Test interface by ICMP (ping)
    B) Return back to the top menu
  2. Configure the Network Interface. Type in the Network Interface menu, and then type the following:
    • IP address of your wireless controller management port
    • IP mask
    • IP address of Gateway
      Your choice> 2
      Please enter Interface information
      Format <ip>:<netmask> <gw optional>
      Input: 192.168.1.201:255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
      Configuring interface ...
      Setting up network interface ...Done!
  3. Type B to return to the top menu.
  4. Type 4 in the top menu to configure the FTP settings.
    The FTP menu is displayed.
    1) Enter FTP Settings
    2) Change FTP server IP address
    3) Change FTP port
    4) Change user name
    5) Change password
    6) Change FTP directory
    7) Change file name
    8) Display current FTP settings
    9) Display locally stored images
    10) Download image from FTP server
    11) Upload image onto the FTP server
    12) Remove locally stored images
    B) Return back to the top menu
    Your choice: 1
    Command syntax: ftp://<user>:<password>@<ftp_ip>:<port>/<directory&file>
    ~port information is optional: the default value is 21~
    Please enter ftp info:
  5. Type the FTP information.
    ftp://administrator:abc123@192.168.4.181/tester/v6/backup-rescue-user.tgz 
  6. Type B to return to the top menu.
    1) Force system recovery
    2) Create System Backup Image
    3) Display Backup Images
    4) FTP Menu
    5) Network Interface Menu
    6) Manually run File System Check Utility (fsck)
    7) Restore Backup Image Directly From The FTP Server
    8) Authentication Service Management Menu
    9) Flash Menu
    R) Reboot
    Your choice:
  7. Type 7.
    The following message is displayed:
    Your choice: 7
    Make sure correct information is entered for Interface and FTP settings.
    IP: 192.168.4.191 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway:
    FTP Settings: IP 192.168.4.181, port 21, user: administrator, password: abc123,
    directory: /tester/v6/, file backup-rescue-user.tgz
    This procedure is irreversible, do you wish to continue (Y/N)?
  8. Type Y.
    The wireless controller initiates the recovery process.
  9. Reboot the wireless controller.
    After the reboot, the wireless controller restores the backed up image with its original configuration.