Meru MC4200

[Tinribs]

Afternoon all

Our MC42000 died yesterday after I rebooted it. It now gives lots of not loaded retrying errors and hangs or gives stack crashes if we logon. I do have a backup of the OS and the config but I can't logon to the recovery OS to start the restore. I assume there are some default passwords for the logon but I can't find them anywhere.

 

It may be that a recovery cannot be done as I have a gut feeling the hard drive has died. The original reason behind all this was the need to update this year's guest wifi accounts with the new dates for each week.

Problem is once I got to the relevant section on the WebGUI everytime I chose one of the accounts to edit I was asked for a password to go further and the normal admin logon wasn't working. Our standard logon account for the GUI has full level 15 superuser access so it was a tad puzzling. I then noticed that the system time was way off (about 16 hours fast). With that in mind I rebooted the box and then it all went pear. We can now only access via console and the OS appears to be screwed....

Any help would be good as the school currently has no wifi

 

TIA

[psydii]

Switchshop might still have someone who knows their way around legacy meru kit.

[TheRobins]

Our old MC1550 controller had flash storage card, but you may be able to switch the HDD out.

 

They are usually some on ebay you may be able to purchase in, dont think our MC1550 would be compatible with your config.

 

Saying that, When I spoke to a supplier, the current Fortinet range can support legacy Meru devices and possible some of the config, These are the guys I was speaking to at the time before deciding to replace the whole system with Ruckus.

 

https://www.virtualgraffiti.co.uk/Partner/Fortinet

 

. The kit is that old I would say there is a huge business case to get it replaced.