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To upgrade via HTTP, the "Management"→"auto provision"→" Firmware Upgrade"→"Upgrade Mode" field needs to be set to HTTP, respectively. "Firmware Server Path" needs to be set to a valid URL of a HTTP server, server name can be in either FQDN or IP address format. Here are examples of some valid URL.
e.g. firmware.mycompany.com:5688/ Hanlong
e.g. www.mycompany.com:5688/fm/ Hanlong
e.g. 218.2.83.110
Instructions for firmware upgrade via HTTP:
(1) End users can choose to download the free HTTP server from http://httpd.apache.org/ or use
Microsoft IIS web server. Then setup HTTP server.
(2) Unzip the firmware file and put all of them under the root/fm directory of the HTTP server.
(3) Visiting "HTTP:\\192.168.0.254\fm\fw8xx.rom on localhost by browser" to verify the HTTP Server. If visiting "HTTP: \\192.168.0.254\fm\fw8xx.rom on other computer is no prompt to download fw8xx.rom file, please check the firewall (Suggest close the firewall).
To configure the server path via web interface:
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