Factory Reset Motorola AP-5131

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The Motorola AP-5131 is a fully featured 802.11a/b/g wireless network access point that supports MESH networking.

I recently needed to reset one of these access points and thought it would be useful for anyone else looking for information on the subject.

Step 1. Serial up to the AP5131 with 19200-8-N-1

Step 2. Power cycle the AP5131

Step 3. Press the “Escape” key when the AP5131 states “Press escape key to run boot firmware”.

Step 4. From the “boot>” prompt enter “passwd default”.

Step 5. Reset the system by entering “reset system”.

The AP5131 should perform a full reset and end up at the login prompt after it has booted. The default administrator password is “symbol” (case sensitive).

Note: starting with firmware release 1.1.2.0-005R the AP51×1 password was changed to “motorola”.

Upon logging in for the first time the administrator should be prompted to change the password. The default administrator username is “admin”.

Note: the default IP address of the AP5131 is 192.168.0.1 and the DHCP server is enabled in the factory configuration so you should be able to connect your PC to the LAN port and then open a web browser to access the Admin GUI.

Cheers!

AP5131, FACTORY RESET, WLAN

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#1 by Sean on January 21, 2009 - 4:56 pm

Just wanted to say THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!! By any chance do you happen to know where I can download one of the earlier firmware versions? Unless you already posted it that is lol.

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#2 by Michael McNamara on January 22, 2009 - 1:50 pm

Hi Sean,

I’m happy you found the information useful. Unfortunately I don’t have any software for the AP5131 and I believe Motorola requires you to have a support contract to access the software. Thanks for leaving a comment!

#3 by Elliott99 on January 23, 2009 - 9:34 pm

Thank you for the information – It’s very useful. I wonder if you can help me though. My 5131 is playing up… The Green and Amber lights are flashing together everyone 2 seconds and it isn’t assigning me an IP address. I left it off for a few hours whilst I thought out my plan of action but it i’m still having no luck. I wonder if you have heard or came across anything like this before?

So…
The wireless isn’t working.
The ethernet isn’t assigning me an IP address and I can’t manually assign one. (The green light flashes at the same time of the Green and Amber on top. It sometimes stays green too).

I don’t have a clue what is wrong with it and I need to get the network up and running again!!

I will check back soon! I hope you have an idea!

Thanks in advance.

Elliott99

#4 by Michael McNamara on January 24, 2009 - 1:56 pm

Hi Elliott,

I don’t have much experience with the AP5131 but let me ask some questions that might get you on track.

I’m assuming you can access the web management interface, if you can’t access the web management interface how did you configure it (did you configure it?). Let’s assume you did… are you using the DHCP server on the AP5131 or the DHCP server from your broadband router or corporate network? I would suggest you start like this, setup an ESSID and leave the security (WPA/WEP) turned off for now. The AP5131 is designed to be an all in one solution (router/firewall/DHCP server) which can be annoying for us old school folks that just want an 802.11 a/b/g wireless bridge. Do you see the ESSID in the list of available wireless network on your Windows XP laptop/desktop? Accessing the management interface do you see your wireless device associating with the Access Point?

If you see yourself associated then you know it’s not a wireless problem but rather a DHCP and/or configuration issue.

I’ve uploaded the Motorola AP5131 Reference Guide to my website. Hopefully it will be of some help.

Good Luck!

#5 by Elliott99 on January 24, 2009 - 9:10 pm

Hi Michael,

That’s the problem, I can’t even access the web UI. If I could access the webui then I should hopefully be OK but alas I can’t :(

#6 by Michael McNamara on January 26, 2009 - 12:48 am

Hi Elliot,

So where you able to connect up to the serial console of the device? I had assumed that you had previously configured the device. You should be able to configure the device from the serial interface as well although you’ll probably need to refer to the reference manual.

#7 by arjor on April 28, 2009 - 11:00 pm

hola buena tu informacion ,pero a mi no me sirvio ,te explico tengo un ap-5131 ,lo compre usado y tiene clave ,me conecto pero me pide clave mi pregunta es como entro en el o como lo reseteo si no tiene boton de reseteo si tiene alguna informacion o alguna guia de como desbloquearlo atte arjor gracias.

#8 by Michael McNamara on April 29, 2009 - 12:02 am

Hi Arjor,

While I took many years of Spanish in High School and College I could only make out a few words above so I through your post into Google (I suspect you’ll need to-do the same in order to read my reply).

“hey your good information, but I do not sirvio, we have explained an ap-5131, and is used to buy key, I connect but I asked my key question is how come in or as if it has no reset button reset If you have any information or guidance on how to unlock some atte arjor thanks.”

We’ll even with the translation I can’t say that I really understand your question. Sorry I can’t help.

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#9 by arjor on May 4, 2009 - 11:36 pm

Hello my name is Jorge, good the publication of the Access point AP-5131, I wanted to know like resetear or desconfigurar the Access point AP-5131 would be thanked for it since it does not have reseteo button, if there some program, aside from the method that you say thank you very much.

#10 by Michael McNamara on May 7, 2009 - 2:38 pm

Hi Arjor,

I’m not aware of any other method to factory reset the AP-5131 other than cabling up to the device and following the previously posted instructions.

Good Luck!

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#11 by Eliseo on August 20, 2009 - 11:51 am

i can´t acces to my Ap 5131, i need some software or something? becose the cd don’t have anything.
i nedd a quick answer please, thank you, Eliseo from Argentina

#12 by Michael McNamara on August 20, 2009 - 6:52 pm

Hi Eliseo,

So when you connect a serial cable up to the AP5131 and configure your terminal application for 19200-8-N-1 you don’t get any output?

I can’t remember right now but I believe the AP5131 requires a cross-over (DCE/DTE) serial cable. You could use a null modem, if you have one, to check and see whether the AP5131 requires a DTE or DCE connection on the serial port. In any case as you power it on you should definitely see something on the serial port.

Good Luck!

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#13 by Anish Abdulkhaadar on October 3, 2009 - 6:10 am

hi dears ..am new in this ..you all are discussing about the password reset of AP5131..i need to reset the AP to factory default by all means.can any one divert me to the right path?

#14 by Michael McNamara on October 3, 2009 - 12:04 pm

Hi Anish,

After you login to the CLI interface enter configuration mode, from there you can issue the “default” command.

admin(system.config)>default
Are you sure you want to default the configuration? :

Good Luck!

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#15 by chander sharma on December 15, 2009 - 12:28 am

hi..
i am using two access point AP5131Access point
and i want to Mesh both the access point. but when i configer radio
client bridge
mesh client bridge setting and select the mesh network after then access point give the reply but not connect with the laptop or mobile device
please suggest me what i do

Regards,
Chander Sharma

#16 by Michael McNamara on December 19, 2009 - 10:41 am

Hi Chander,

Your question really isn’t on-topic for the post. With that said I haven’t personally setup the AP5131 in a mesh configuration so I can’t really offer any advice.

You can post to the forums http://forums.networkinfrastructure.info/motorola-wireless-lan-switches/ and see if anyone else has experience with the AP5131 in a mesh configuration.

Good Luck!

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Michael McNamara