Greetings all,
I am a newbie to all this mesh stuff. I have a decent IT background, yet things still cause me issues. THIS IS ONE OF THEM! I am working with a windows 11 pro machine. I have DL the current Aredn mesh software for the hAP ac lite and the tiny PXE server software as per the the instructions.
Completed the six steps in the install preparation phase with no problems.
Got to the point of starting the PXE server--OK and press the "online" button;
on the node pressed the "reset" button and applied power.
the first couple of times I do see the "DoReadFile"text and release the reset button!!!! PROBLEM There is nothing to tell me; How long to wait, or what message is displayed on the PXE window, No indication what I should expect to see when the node has finally read the firmware from the PXE... Thus my failure mode.. After many attempts of floundering, I did a Mikrotik hAP factory reset... NOW all I see on the PXE server is:
I am a newbie to all this mesh stuff. I have a decent IT background, yet things still cause me issues. THIS IS ONE OF THEM! I am working with a windows 11 pro machine. I have DL the current Aredn mesh software for the hAP ac lite and the tiny PXE server software as per the the instructions.
Completed the six steps in the install preparation phase with no problems.
Got to the point of starting the PXE server--OK and press the "online" button;
on the node pressed the "reset" button and applied power.
the first couple of times I do see the "DoReadFile"text and release the reset button!!!! PROBLEM There is nothing to tell me; How long to wait, or what message is displayed on the PXE window, No indication what I should expect to see when the node has finally read the firmware from the PXE... Thus my failure mode.. After many attempts of floundering, I did a Mikrotik hAP factory reset... NOW all I see on the PXE server is:
1:57:05 PM DHCPc:discovering for another DHCPd on LAN
1:57:05 PM ROOT=C:\Users\Russ\OneDrive\Documents\tiny PXE\tinypxeserver-main\tinypxeserver-main\pxesrv\files\
1:57:05 PM DHCPd 192.168.1.10:67 started...
1:57:05 PM TFPTd 192.168.1.10:69 started...
1:57:05 PM HTTPd:80 started...
1:57:10 PM DHCPc:no other DHCPd discovered
1:57:27 PM DHCPd:REQUEST received, MAC:78-9A-18-C3-7A-DE, XID:81B9D8D0
1:57:27 PM DHCPd:BOOTP REQUEST
1:57:27 PM DHCPd:ACK sent, IP:192.168.1.21, XID:81B9D8D0
2:04:07 PM DHCPd:REQUEST received, MAC:78-9A-18-C3-7A-DE, XID:1A7DA5F8
2:04:07 PM DHCPd:BOOTP REQUEST
2:04:07 PM DHCPd:ACK sent, IP:192.168.1.21, XID:1A7DA5F8
2:11:23 PM DHCPd:DISCOVER received, MAC:78-9A-18-C3-7A-DE, XID:C152C7B3
2:11:24 PM DHCPd:OFFER sent, IP:192.168.1.11, XID:C152C7B3
2:11:24 PM DHCPd:REQUEST received, MAC:78-9A-18-C3-7A-DE, XID:C152C7B3
2:11:24 PM DHCPd:ACK sent, IP:192.168.1.11, XID:C152C7B3
I think i broke it!!!!
Any help would be appreciated
I think i broke it!!!!
Any help would be appreciated
on the node pressed the "reset" button and applied power.
the first couple of times ??? I do see the "DoReadFile"text and release the reset button!!!! PROBLEM There is nothing to tell me; How long to wait, or what message is displayed on the PXE window, No indication what I should expect to see when the node has finally read the firmware from the PXE... \\
It's sort of crazy. Once you see DoReadFile pop up ... THAT's IT. Release the reset button and turn off the Tiny PXE Server. I hope you're not seeing multiple instances of DoReadFile which might mean you're holding the reset too long. You are done, the file has uploaded and the node is busy for a while installing the first set of firmware. Read further how you use ipconfig to see the node returning with a new ip address.
Ed
Try this:
Connect an Ethernet switch between your PC and the hAP AC Lite (this keeps the PC trying)
Hold the RESET button while applying power, and continue to hold.
Press the ONLINE button on PXE server.
The moment the blink pattern changes on the hAP AC Lite, release RESET (you have a 1-2 second window).
The blinking of the switch Ethernet ports will indicate if the image is loading.
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For Mikrotik hAP ac devices, disconnect the Ethernet cable from the WAN port (1) on the Mikrotik and insert it into one of the LAN ports (2,3,4) before you proceed.
That worked for me
Regards - Mark
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