Preperation steps
You should now have some indication of the file being transferred. The firmware on your AP will be upgraded and the device will automatically reboot once done.
- Download the firmware and save to Desktop: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/router-firmware/ub-unifiuap.bin
- Unplug the ethernet from the Unifi AP
- Press and hold in a paper-clip or other object in to the Reset hole (next to the Ethernet plug) on the AP. Make sure you can feel it pushed in.
- Plug the Ethernet cable back in whilst still keeping the reset button held in.
- After around 25 seconds the light on the Unifi will go between flashing orange then green, orange then green etc. This means the AP is in upgrade mode.
- Set your computer's ethernet card to use a static IP of 192.168.1.25, subnet of 255.255.255.0 and gateway of 192.168.1.20
- Plug the LAN cable from the Unifi PoE adapter in to your computer.
Windows:
Please install the following TFTP software - http://kin.klever.net/dist/pumpkin-2.7.3.exe
Open the Pumpkin TFTP application and click on "Put File". In "Local file" choose the firmware file you downloaded In the "Remote host" field enter 192.168.1.20 - then click OK.
MAC:
Open Terminal from the Utilities folder and copy and paste each line below (ensuring you press Enter after each line)
- connect 192.168.1.20
- binary
- rexmt 1
- timeout 60
- put [name of firmware file you downloaded]
Re-connect the LAN cable from the Unifi POE adapter in to your broadband router. Remember to set your PC's network IP back to what it was before (DHCP etc).
