Flashing Nanostation 5

Flashing Nanostation 5 from Windows 7 using Serial Port to put in Recovery Mode and tftp over Ethernet cable to flash the firmware.

 

Vaio Laptop VPCSB

Windows 7 almost default installation and updated

Nanostation 5 not connected to power, but connected to USB-TTL/Serial adapter

, and POE/Ethernet black cable connected to the Nanostation but not to the power adapter yet

Grey ethernet cable connected to Lan Port on power adapter but not connected to the laptop yet

USB-Serial/TTL adapter connected to NS5 but not yet to the computer

1)

Download putty
Download NS5 firmware
Install tftp client on windows (Goto control panel -- programs -- enable windows features -- tftp client) (may need to restart windows)

2)

Goto control panel -- devices and sound -- device manager and identify the com port that will appear in the next step


Connect USB adapter

Setup putty to connect to serial port on com port identified in the device manager, and set
baud 9600
data 8
stop bit 1
parity none
flow controle none
then click connect
now putty is ready to communicate/receive data from the nanostation

3)
Connect NS5 to the power
ctrl+c in putty to get to Redboot
ur and hit enter to put NS5 in Recovery Mode
now tftp server has started on NS5 and awaiting connection from a tftp client and upload of firmware


4)
Connect the grey cable from power adapter to computer
Open network settings and set ipv4 to 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 and can leave gateway epmty or set it to 192.168.1.20

Open cmd and ping 192.168.1.20 to confirm the network connection to the NS5 is working


5)
Open a cmd and run the following command
tftp -i 192.168.1.20 PUT Downloads/firmware-file-name.bin
Wait for firware to finish uploading then it will be written to the flash memory then NS5 will restart
You can see the progress in putty, which is showing data from the serial port of NS5

Now check in firefox 192.168.1.20