ZD1106 not retaining configuration and cannot upgrade firmware

Question

Greetings,

I have a couple ZD1106 that are exhibiting the same behavior.  It will not save it's configuration, and after every reboot it is factory defaulted.  Additionally, I am unable to upgrade the firmware.  It starts to upgrade, the lights look like a normal upgrade, but it never completes (waiting 12 hours once).  Cannot access web or ssh on the ZD, and the only way to get back in is to reset it, in which it is factory defaulted again.

Any ideas?

David

michael_brado · Answer

Hello David, you won't be able to Telnet (tcp:23) to ZD, but does SSH (tcp:22) work?

If so, you login with your admin credentials.

Good that you can open a browser session, and do not see Rescue Mode screen.

What version is the ZD1100 running now?

It appears you are pointing to the 9.7.2.0.9 upgrade image?  Release Notes say it

should upgrade from 9.5.1.0.50 ok.

If you initiate the upgrade, start a continuous ping to the ZD's IP address and watch

the Status LED along with the upgrade screen.

ZD1100 may perform the upgrade and reboot successfully without taking you back

to the login screen.  But if you see the continuous pings fail and see the LEDs go

from flashing red, to blank, to green, then the ZD upgrade may have completed ok.

Try opening/refreshing a browser session and check version on Dashboard, System

Overview.  But be patient, as the ZD1100 could take up to 20 minutes to upgrade.

unknown · Answer

Also, when I try to run upgrade from cli:

ruckus(debug)# fw_upgrade tftp://192.168.0.3/zd1100_9.7.2.0.9.ap_9.7.2.0.9.img

------------------------------------------------------------------------

** Starting CLI Upgrade  **

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Protocol  : tftp

Server IP : 192.168.0.3

Image Name: zd1100_9.7.2.0.9.ap_9.7.2.0.9.img

------------------------------------------------------------------------

** Checking if memory is sufficient **

------------------------------------------------------------------------

.

----->Sufficient memory to perform upgrade

------------------------------------------------------------------------

** Downloading ZD image **

------------------------------------------------------------------------

....................................

----->Downloading image succeed

------------------------------------------------------------------------

** Verifying the image **

------------------------------------------------------------------------

................................................................cat: can't open '/proc/rks_hw_info/platform': No such file or directory

..........tar: cannot remove old file kernel-vmlinux: Read-only file system

md5sum: can't open '/etc/airespider-images//kernel-vmlinux': No such file or directory

md5sum: can't open '/etc/airespider-images//rootfs.tar': No such file or directory

9.5.1.0 lt 9.7.2.0

..................grep: /etc/airespider/white-list.xml: No such file or directory

----->Verifying image done

----->Are you sure you want to upgrade the entire wireless network?

unknown · Answer

Oh, the rescue mode on the web interface never shows up.  When I upgrade via the web interface, it just gives the normal page that is waiting until the ZD comes back to life.

Is there a way to run fdisk via the cli?