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Backup your ap configuration file, Set up auto configuration, Command line interface (cli) – HP ProCurve 520wl Wireless Access Point User Manual

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Command Line Interface (CLI)

Figure C-14 Result of “show wifsec” CLI Command

Download an AP Configuration File from your TFTP Server

Begin by starting your TFTP program. It must be running and configured to transmit and receive.

[Device-Name]>set tftpfilename tftpfiletype config

tftpipaddr

[Device-Name]>show tftp

(to ensure the filename, file type, and the IP address are correct)

[Device-Name]>download *

[Device-Name]>reboot 0

After following the complete process (above) once, you can download a file of the same name (so long as all the other
parameters are the same), with the following command:

[Device-Name]>download *

Backup your AP Configuration File

Begin by starting your TFTP program. It must be running and configured to transmit and receive.

[Device-Name]>upload

(such as “config.sys”)> config

[Device-Name]>show tftp

(to ensure the filename, file type, and the IP address are correct)

After setting the TFTP parameters, you can backup your current file (so long as all the other parameters are the same),
with the following command:

[Device-Name]>upload *

Set up Auto Configuration

The Auto Configuration feature which allows an AP to be automatically configured by downloading a specific
configuration file from a TFTP server during the boot up process.
Perform the following commands to enable and set up automatic configuration:

NOTE

The configuration filename and TFTP server IP address are configured only when the AP is configured for
Static IP. If the AP is configured for Dynamic IP these parameters are not used and obtained from DHCP.
The default filename is “config”. The default TFTP IP address is “10.0.0.2”.

[Device-Name]>set autoconfigstatus

[Device-Name]>set autoconfigfilename

Enter the filename of the configuration file that is used if the AP is configured for

Static IP.

[Device-Name]>set autoconfigTFTPaddr

Enter the TFTP server address that is used if the AP is configured for Static IP.

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