How to convert a R710 from unleashed to standalone?

[craig_leres]

I have a R710 that I converted to unleashed for testing using the instructions in https://support.ruckuswireless.com/articles/000005720 (Convert Standalone/SZ/ZD managed AP to Unleashed Code).

Now I'd like to convert back to standalone and I see the instructions are in KBA-5193 (Converting Ruckus Unleashed AP to Standalone AP) but I don't have access to it: https://support.ruckuswireless.com/articles/000005193

I tried resetting the R710 unleashed to factory defaults and then using ssh to run fwap_upgrade but it says R710_110.0.0.0.663.bl7 and R710_100_2_1_0_148.bl7 are not valid upgrade images.

[hayward_kong]

what firmware of unleashed are you running? 200.7.10.x?  if so rolll back to 200.6.10.x and I just flashed it back to the standalone firmware with no issues.

[craig_leres]

Yes, I have 200.7.10.64. Are you saying downgrade to 200.6.10.1.312 and then use the web gui to flash 110.0.0.0.663 or 100_2_1_0_148? Do I reset to factory defaults and do minimal configuration with the unleashed wizard?

I'm a little gun-shy because I know that when you convert from standalone to unleashed you must do a factory defaults reset before flashing or else you will brick the AP (ask me how I know).

[hayward_kong]

when I did it... I had to reboot it physically  and then it worked on standalone firmware. So what were you testing with unleashed? I recommend for unleashed stick with 200.6.10.x firmware currently since so far the current 207.10.x has issues with iOS devices..where you get extreme slow downloads and extreme fast uploads. 

[craig_leres]

This is what worked for me:

• downgrade to 200.6.10.1.312 [this results in a factory defaults reset]
• installed 100.2.1.0.148
• upgraded to 110.0.0.0.663 [I probably could have gone directly to 110.0.0.0.663]
  

Once it was running 100.2.1.0.148 I could not into the web gui but ssh always worked. This turned out to be firefox retaining cookies that the unleashed web gui had left behind. Once I removed them the web gui started worked.

I wanted to switch back to standalone because I want a more complicated vlan configuration and possibly use the second gige port. I also never liked the fact that I couldn't get the iphone speedflex app to really ever work at all. Now that I'm running 110.2 I can download UDP at about 700 Mb/s.

Thanks for the hints.