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26 Preparing the Managed Access Points
Managed mode can only be discovered and managed by the 3Com
Unified Switch
24. To return the access point to the default Stand-alone
mode, refer to
“Resetting Access Points” below.
Resetting Access
Points
AP Recovery
To recover an access point that was inadvertently changed to Managed
mode, perform a long reset as described below. The long reset changes
the access point’s start-up mode back to the factory default of
Stand-alone mode. Using a long reset is the only way to return an access
point from Managed mode to Stand-alone mode. To perform a long
reset, during power-up press and hold the Reset button for at least 20
seconds.
Reset Button
The Reset button on the access points can be used to perform two
different types of system reset: a short reset, and a long reset.
Short Reset A short reset deletes the current configuration file and
restores the factory settings. The short reset does not change the start-up
mode of the access point, so if the start-up mode of the access point is in
Stand-alone it will remain in Stand-alone mode. If the start-up mode of
the access point is in Managed it will remain in Managed mode.
To perform a short reset, press and hold the Reset button for at least
5
seconds (but not more than 20 seconds).
Long Reset A long reset changes the start-up mode of the access point
back to the factory default mode of Stand-alone. This is only used if the
access point was inadvertently changed to Managed mode and you want
to return it to Stand-alone mode. A long reset is the only way to return
from Managed mode to Stand-alone mode.
To perform a long reset, press and hold the Reset button for at least 20
seconds.