Cisco Aironet Access Points ios recovery

Cisco Aironet Access Points IOS Recovery

 Cisco AP (1200 Serials and 1300 Serials) only can carry one IOS.
 “boot system flash:/xxx.bin" does not work for AP. Command line take the statement, but "sh run" does not show it. "sh boot" will reflect the IOS which is specified.
 Never use "copy tftp flash:" in Cisco AP. It does not work.
Cisco 1310G IOS Upgrade Procedure:
Following is the proper command that you should use for a regular IOS upgrade with a .tar file on these Aironet devices:

ap#archive download-sw /overwrite /force-reload tftp://IP Address of the PC/the name of the IOS image you downloaded, even with the .tar extension

Note: The IOS image name of the .tar file is case sensitive, and it should be complete
Recovery Steps: