How to save the current settings on ZF7372?

Question

Hello, where can i save the current settings of my AP ZF7372, i can ́t find a button to save the configuration, i need to reset my AP but i don't want to loose my conf.
Thanks.

michael_brado · Answer

We don’t have a backup under GUI/CLI for standalone APs, but
you can collect information that will help reconfigure an AP, if you should
ever have to factory default or replace one. 
Use an SSH application like putty.exe to access the AP and the ‘help’
command to display available commands. 
The output of these can

be helpful to (re)configure an AP from factory defaults.

If you have an online working AP, collect the important IP
scheme/gateway and SSID name/security policies from it, otherwise obtain
new/previous IP addressing and VLAN-ID/subnet mapping from network admins.

Assuming you will be setting up APs with a static/known IP
address with a known default-gateway router,

you can follow these configuration steps to setup a
new/factory defaulted AP for standalone mode service.

---

Configuring AP:

1. Perform factory default of AP (boot 3 minutes, press Hard
Reset for 8+ seconds, wait until you get replies to

pings to
192.168.0.1 IP address, from your pre-configured (192.168.0.anything-else)
PC/laptop.  Open a

browser session to
https://192.168.0.1, and login with ‘super /
sp-admin’ credentials.

2. From Configuration::Device, enter an AP Device Name:
_______ and click Update Settings.  Use a
name

that can help
identify it’s location/purpose.

3. From Configuration::Wireless (or Radio 2.4G and Radio 5G,
respectively) and Common tab, be sure or set

Country Code to United States,
click Update Settings.

4. From Wireless 1 tab, enter Wireless Network: ______ and
SSID: _______ names (usually matching).

Click Enabled for
Wireless Availability and set option for Broadcast SSID as desired.  If using anything

but Open
Authentication, click and choose from Encryption Method: dropdown choice of WEP
or WPA

and setup the
encryption and passphrase information. (we recommend WPA2/AES with PSK)

5  Repeat on Wireless
2 tab, for additional SSID, Wireless 3 tab, etc.

6. If using VLANs and different subnets for your wireless
SSIDs, go to Configuration::VLAN page. 
Enter the

VLAN-ID number in
the box beside the SSID to assign it. 
Click Update Settings (test) button when

complete, and the
AP will check the switchport to see if all VLANs are available on the
trunk.

7. For last step, go to Configuration::Internet page, and
enter the router default Gateway IP address for the

subnet that the AP
will be connected to.  Change the default
Connection Type from DHCP to Static IP and

enter the IP
Address: __.__.__.__ and network Mask: __.__.__.__  (ie 255.255.224.0 for /27 bit subnet).

This is the “last step”, because when you click Update
Settings, your 192.168.0.x PC/Laptop will lose connectivity with the AP, and
it’s ready to be attached to your (PoE) switch port configured to trunk the

optional VLANs that you can assign to WLAN SSIDs.

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Collecting AP Backup Information:

SSH to an AP’s IP address with utility like putty.exe and
collect/save the output from these commands which should be sufficient to
reconfigure a defaulted (or apply to new) APs, as far as IP addressing and WLAN
details.

If using the putty terminal application, you can save
session output to a filename, as your backup reference.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Open putty.exe.  In
top/left, under Session, click Logging.

Under Session logging:, click Log all session output.  Rename putty.log to AP10-7-7-81-102710.log
(for example, using AP’s IP address and a date in the filename), and Browse to
the directory where you want

the session backup file saved.

In top/left, click on Session.  Enter the IP address of the new/factory
defaulted AP, 192.168.0.1 and note

that SSH (tcp:22) is specified as the default Protocol (you
can telnet to devices that don’t support SSH).

Click Open to access the AP. 
If prompted that you haven’t seen this host before, accept the
challenge.

Run these AP commands to collect the useful information.  In my example, I have one open auth WLAN

on 2.4GHz, and one open and one WPA2-PSK WLAN on 5GHz of my
dual-band 7962 model AP.  I do

not have VLANs assigned however.

rkscli: get boarddata                                                  #
optional, displays AP model and s/n info

name:     zf7962

magic:    35333131

cksum:    a47

rev:      5.3

Serial#:  180901007787

Customer ID: 4bss

Model:    zf7962

rkscli: get version

Ruckus 7962
Multimedia Hotzone Wireless AP

Version 8.2.1.0.21

rkscli: get
device-name

device name : ‘mb7962-AP’

rkscli: get ipaddr wan

IP Address
Configuration Type: static, IP: 192.168.65.15
Netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.65.1

rkscli: get vlan

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

Network 0:
(Management) VID 1

Services:
StaticIP

Eth Port
(no tag): 0,1

Wireless
(no tag):

-
wlan0 (mb7962-bgn)

-
wlan1 (Wireless 2)

-
wlan2 (Wireless 3)

-
wlan3 (Wireless 4)

-
wlan4 (Wireless 5)

-
wlan5 (Wireless 6)

-
wlan6 (Wireless 7)

-
wlan7 (Wireless 😎

-
wlan8 (mb7962-an)

-
wlan9 (mb7962-an2)

-
wlan10 (Wireless 11)

-
wlan11 (Wireless 12)

-
wlan12 (Wireless 13)

-
wlan13 (Wireless 14)

-
wlan14 (Wireless 15)

-
wlan15 (Wireless 16)

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

OK

rkscli: get wlanlist                       # Note which wlanX have
status of ‘up’, and run cmds below on them only.

name        
status   type   wlanID  
radioID  bssid

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

svcp         up      
AP     wlan0   
0        00:24:82:3d:35:98

home        
down     AP     wlan1   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

rcks        
down     AP     wlan2   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

mdfx        
down     AP     wlan3   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan4        down    
AP     wlan4    0       
00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan5       
down     AP     wlan5   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan6       
down     AP     wlan6   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan7       
down     AP     wlan7   
0        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan8        up      
AP     wlan8    1       
00:24:82:3d:35:9c

wlan9        up       AP    
wlan9    1       
00:24:82:7d:35:9c

wlan10      
down     AP     wlan10  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan11      
down     AP     wlan11  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan12      
down     AP     wlan12  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan13      
down     AP     wlan13  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan14      
down     AP     wlan14  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

wlan15      
down     AP     wlan15  
1        00:00:00:00:00:00

OK

rkscli:

rkscli: get ssid
wlan0

wlan0 SSID: mb7962-bgn

OK

rkscli: get
encryption wlan0

SSID             : mb7962-bgn

Net Security     :
Open (plain-text)

Authentication   : Open

Encryption       :
disabled

OK

rkscli: get
passphrase wlan0

bad key:wlans/wlan0/wlan-wpa-passphrase

rkscli: get dvlan wlan0

wlan0 Dynamic-VLAN Mode: Disabled

OK

rkscli:

rkscli: get ssid
wlan8

wlan8 SSID: mb7962an

OK

rkscli: get
encryption wlan8

SSID             : mb7962an

Net Security     :
Open (plain-text)

Authentication   : Open

Encryption       :
disabled

OK

rkscli: get
passphrase wlan8

bad key:wlans/wlan8/wlan-wpa-passphrase

rkscli: get dvlan
wlan8

wlan8 Dynamic-VLAN Mode: Disabled

OK

rkscli:

rkscli: get ssid
wlan9

wlan9 SSID: mb7962an2

OK

rkscli: get
encryption wlan9

SSID             : mb7962an2

Net Security     :
WPA

Protocol Version : WPA2

Authentication   :
Open

Cipher Algorithm : AES-CCMP

WPA PassPhrase   : 1234567890

OK

rkscli: get
passphrase wlan9

wlan9 WPA PassPhrase (10): 1234567890

OK

rkscli: get dvlan
wlan9

wlan9 Dynamic-VLAN Mode: Disabled

OK

rkscli:

rkscli: exit

Quit:

OK

santosh_bittu · Answer

Hello Alex,

There is no option to save or backup the configurations of a standalone AP, the configuration backup option is available only on the ZD, VSCG, SCG , SZ managed devices.

Hope this helps.

- Santosh