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JohnDonovan
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Aug 18, 2020
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WC7520 'bricking" WNDAP360 - How to recover the AP ?

HI,

   I have an issue with my EoL WC7520  has 'bricked' a WDNAP360 that it tried to update the firmware on. There are a numer of threads on this already but they often state 'and i recovered the WDNAP360 via the console'  - please can somone direct me to a walktrough of how to do that bit!

Thanks in advance.

 

 

  • JohnDonovan,

     

    Welcome to the community! :) 

     

    What is the current firmware version of the WC7520? 

     

    Not sure if this will help.  I found this old thread here on how to recover the WNDAP360.  

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

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    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    JohnDonovan,

     

    Welcome to the community! :) 

     

    What is the current firmware version of the WC7520? 

     

    Not sure if this will help.  I found this old thread here on how to recover the WNDAP360.  

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • JohnDonovan's avatar
      JohnDonovan
      Aspirant

      Thanks, that is useful. Do I take it that what appears to be a second Ethernet port is the RS232 port?

      The WC7520 is at the latest (last) firmware.

      Regards,

       

       

      • DaneA's avatar
        DaneA
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        @JohnDonovan,

         

        The port next to the factory reset hole is the console port.  Make sure that you set the following settings before you access the WNDAP360 via console: 9600 K default baud rate, (8) data bits, no (N) parity bit, and one (1) stop bit.

         

        As reference, kindly check pages 12-13 of the WNDAP360 Reference Manual here

         

         

        Regards,

         

        DaneA

        NETGEAR Community Team 

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