Thursday 21 July 2016

Ruckus Controller Base AP to Standalone AP Configuration Step by Step Guide

Controller Base AP to Standalone AP Configuration Step by Step Guide

Ruckus R700 Multimedia Hotzone Wireless AP

Ruckus Wireless
Tech author: Yan Linn

Default IP:           192.168.0.1
Username:         super
Password:           sp-admin

1.       Country Code (After you select country code. Access Point will auto Reboot to take effect with the Country Code Radio settings)

Management VLAN:       11
SSID: GuestRoom VLAN: 90
SSID: Singapore VLAN: 91







Factory default the Access Point.  Click Reset Now. (To install Standalone Firmware Image)

Access Point will auto Reboot.




After reboot, able to see the Upgrade under Maintenance. Local > Choose File > standalone image.
Select the image and Click Perform Upgrade.
(you still cannot see the Radio 2.4G and 5G and Hotspot setting under Configuration. Because of Image is still Zonebase Image.)










Access Point will auto reboot.




After successfully upgrade to Standalone Image. You can see the Radio 2.4G and 5G and Hotspot setting under Configuration. You can configure now.
·         Country Code
(After you select country code. Access Point will auto Reboot to take effect with the Country Code Radio settings)
·         Wireless 2.4G and 5G (SSID, VLAN, Encryption)











Country Code  (After you select country code. Access Point will auto Reboot to take effect with the Country Code Radio settings) It will take effect for both 2.4G and 5G.

Updating Device Login username and password


Radio 2.4G. SSID: GuestRoom VLAN: 90
Wireless Availability: Enabled


Radio 5G. SSID: GuestRoom VLAN: 90
Wireless Availability: Enabled



Radio 2.4G. SSID: Singapore VLAN: 91
Wireless Availability: Enabled



Change Ethernet Port to TRUNK which is connected to Switch so that VLAN 90, 91 can go through.
 (Switch configuration eg. Switchport UntagPVIDonly vlan 11(MGMT), Tagged VLAN 90, 91. PVID 11(native VLAN) )


Static IP Address for the Access Point. After changing the MGMT IP of the AP. Change your Admin PC IP address accordingly.


Login to new MGMT IP address of AP with new username and password.


Two Ways of Factory Resetting the AP.
·         Soft Reset
·         Hard Reset (press and hold the reset button for 10 sec then release it will reset to factory)
Soft Reset
After the Access Point is taken out from Controller. HTTPS is disabled. Only SSH is able to access.
SSH to access point and enable https (set https enable).
Login as Admin.
Username and password is your Controller username and password. In this case (admin & admin)
https://172.27.3.250 (AP IP Address)
Maintenance > Reset AP to the factory default settings.