He who is J. P. Gilliver (John) said on Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:53:14 +0000:

Thanks: I've marked your post as keep.


Thanks J.P. Gilliver for *appreciating* the effort.
See below for another effort I made just now to *simplify* the learning
steps so that the *next* person can just click on the pictures to get an
*idea* of the process involved in updating any WiFi device.

As to how it "looks", assuming by "colloquial" you meant understandable
by everyone, I envy you your family, if you can throw in words and
phrases like pleonasm, canonical, ad-hoc, vendors, and "whether that be"
at random! (OK, I could with mine, but he's a lexicographer! I myself am
not _too_ sure what pleonasm means - from context, I'm guessing
tautology.)

My entire family is well educated, as are most in the USA, with more than a
degrees piled high and deep - but I'm the only one with a few technical
degrees (science and engineering) - the rest are lawyers and educators so
they're not up to speed on technical stuff (that's why I was born).

Since I have more than a half dozen access points and a dozen or more WiFi
devices in the home, I documented in detail the update of just *one* of my
transceivers (which is set up as an access point), so that others might
benefit from a pictorial view of the whole process.

This specific radio transmits 26 decibels (dBm) of power into an 18 decibel
antenna (dBi) so it can easily connect by WiFi to a house 10 miles away,
but it's only being used to connect to the barn WiFi cameras which are only
about 1/2 kilometer away (so, yeah, it's overkill) but at the same time, it
paints an area which allows anyone within miles to connect to my router via
their cellphone WiFi if they knew how to.

As always, to help everyone increase their knowledge in every post, I
documented the steps below so that anyone can learn how it's done in a
minute, without having to make mistakes.

(0) Log into your radio using your administrator login & password
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/00_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(1) Check the firmware version (noting the board revision, e.g., XW)
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/01_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(2) Hit the "Check Now" button to see if you can update from here
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/02_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(3) If not, go to the manufacturer's web site to locate the firmware file
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/03_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(4) You may have to agree to the manufacturer's updated EULA
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/04_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(5) Download the file to a known location on your computer
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/05_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(6) Save the file in a logical location on your computer for future use
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/06_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(7) Then in the radio, press the "Upload Firmware Choose File" button
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/07_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(8) Wait for the firmware to upload (it may take a minute or two)
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/08_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(9) Once uploaded, press the "Update" button to update the firmware
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/09_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(10) Wait for the firmware to be updated (it may take a minute or two)
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/10_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(11) Do not power down while you are waiting for the firmware to update
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/11_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(12) When done, the radio will reboot; log back in to check results
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/12_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(13) You should note that the firmware is now updated to the latest
revision
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/13_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg

(14) Doublecheck now that everything is updated that it is working fine
http://wetakepic.com/images/2017/10/29/14_PB400_firmware_update_krack.jpg