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 AP51x1 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!
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.
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!
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
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!
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 :(
Elliott99
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.
Good Luck!
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.
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.
La receta funciona como detalles el usuario es admin y el password es symbol o motorola, de acuerdo a la fecha de fabricación, despues del reseteo deberas usar algo para escanear cual es la ip ya que solo está reseteado el password pero sigue conservando la configuración original.
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.
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!
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
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!
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?
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!
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
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!
Hi
I am trying to use an AP-5131 after long days it was kept unused. Now I connected it to console reset and all fine from console. But I still can not login to web UI. admin/motorola is not accepted. Any way to reset the web UI username and passwd?
There are a number of passwords depending on the software version, you need to try them all.
My problem is that the default user and password (admin & motorola) do not work!!!! Has anyone else ever encountered this? I personally took this out of the box and there was no indication that it was ever powered on by anyone else who could have changed this. I can bring up the login gui and have tried every combination of admin/administrator and symbol or motorola there is. I have never had to use a serial cable to configure a router before and do not even have on at the moment. Will I be able to reset the password to whatever I please or the “default” that may or may not be motorola? Thanks.
-Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
What version of software is the AP5131 running?
Unfortunately Motorola (formerly Symbol) has changed the password more than a few times depending on the version of software. You should be careful in that the username and password are case sensitive. You should try the following;
admin/motorola
admin/Motorola
admin/superuser
admin/admin
Were you able to successfully factory default the access point?
Good Luck!
Hi,
I wonder if you have any manual for “USERS” to reset the AP AP5131, picture or anything else to make this process easier.
Sergio Rojas
Hi Sergio,
You can probably find the procedure buried in some Motorola manual but I don’t believe you’ll find any ‘pictures’. The process above is pretty simple if you familiar with consoling up to various equipment.
Good Luck!
I can get in the web ui so I configured it and can ping all clients and server on my network but no internet access. Please help. Thanks in advanced.
I get no internet access on the wifi clients but can ping any client on my local area network. What’s the wrong? DNS is working correctly.
AP config:
192.168.0.42
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.254
dns192.168.0.12
***************************
LAN#1
192.168.104.1
255.255.255.0
192.168.104.1
DHCP scope 192.198.104.100-200
***************************
Client ip config:
192.168.104.101
255.255.255.0
192.168.104.1
dns192.168.0.12
Hi Chester,
Your post really isn’t on-topic regarding the original content of the post.
You can post questions over on the discussion forums, however I will try to address your question.
Are you relying on the AP5131 to act as both the wireless access point and the router? You appear to be use two RFC1918 address blocks (192.168.104.0/24 and 192.168.0.0/24). Is the AP5131 configured to NAT to the public address or are you just routing the IP traffic through the AP5131? If you are routing you’ll need to put a route in your backbone network back to the AP5131.
You can find the AP5131 reference guide right here.
Good Luck!
These are my NAT config:
WAN IP Address:192.168.0.42 NAT
Type:1 to many
Outbound Mappings: LAN1 IP addresses get translated to 192.168.0.42
Inbound mappings: not cofigured.
Is my NAT config creating this issue?
Thanks for your reponse.
Hello
Is it possible to factory reset ap-5131 from the boot cli?
My ap-5131 is stuck in a restarting loop.
See below
ADP-51xx Boot Firmware Version 2.2.3.0-003R
Copyright(c) Motorola Inc. 2008. All rights reserved.
IXP425 PCI Controller Initialized
Press escape key to run boot firmware ………….
Power On Self Test
testing ram : pass
testing nor flash : pass
testing nand flash : pass
testing ethernet : pass
testing pci : pass
Initializing NAND Dload…
Loading Linux Kernel
Booting From 0x1160-0000 …
Uncompressing Linux……………………………………..done.
booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.4.20_mvl31-ixdp4xx (root@mobion) (gcc version 3.3.1 (release/Mon
taVista 3.1)) #1 Mon June 7 10:00:00 PDT 2004
CPU: XScale-IXP4xx/IXC11xx [690541f1] revision 1 (ARMv5TE)
CPU: D undefined 5 cache
CPU: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
CPU: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
Machine: Intel IXDP425 Development Platform
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): 16384 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: mem=65536K console=ttyS1,19200 noinitrd rootflags=0 rootfst
ype=yaffs root=/dev/mtdblock0
Calibrating delay loop… 266.24 BogoMIPS
Memory: 63336KB available (1161K code, 237K data, 60K init)
XScale cache_lock_init called
Calling consistent alloc
low_level_page initialized
low_level_page @ 0xc4800000
icache_lock_fn @ 0xc4800080
dcache_lock_fn @ 0xc48000a0
icache_unlock_fn @ 0xc4800098
dcache_unlock_fn @ 0xc48000f0
Initializing TLB locking
TLB locking initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI Autoconfig: Found Bus 0, Device 19, Function 0
PCI Autoconfig: BAR 0, Mem, size=0x2000, address=0x4bffe000
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
Disabling the Out Of Memory Killer
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Creating 4 MTD partitions on “NAND 64MiB 3,3V”:
0x00000000-0x02a00000 : “SPIA flash partition 1”
0x02a00000-0x03c00000 : “SPIA flash partition 2”
0x03c00000-0x03fe0000 : “SPIA flash partition 3”
0x03fe0000-0x04000000 : “SPIA flash partition 4”
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.95 (c) 1998-1999 Rebel.com
VFS: Mounted root (yaffs filesystem) readonly.
serial console detected. Disabling virtual terminals.
console=/dev/console
init started: BusyBox v0.60.3 (2004.5.6-12:00 +0000) multi-call binary
Starting pid 9, console /dev/console: ‘/etc/init.d/rcS’
Activating swap…
Mounting local filesystems…
/dev/shm on /var/log type tmpfs (rw,size=19M)
/dev/mtdblock2 on /save type yaffs (rw)
Initializing random number generator… done.
Using evtsysm.o
Using cfgstat.o
Testing Shadow Flash…passed
Using led.o
Using lnkstat.o
Using shmemdev.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20_mvl31-ixdp4xx/kernel/drivers/ixp400/ixp400.o
Using throttle.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20_mvl31-ixdp4xx/kernel/drivers/net/mobion_eth.o
Initializing IXP425 NPE Ethernet driver software v. 1.1
CPU clock speed (approx) = 266 MHz
Using ukcdrvr.o
Using cryptoacc.o
Using wipskmod.o
kernel BUG at slab.c:1138!
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
mm = c0145380 pgd = c0004000
*pgd = 00000000, *pmd = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: ffffffff
CPU: 0
pc : [] lr : [] Not tainted
sp : c26d1e7c ip : c26d1e48 fp : c26d1e8c
r10: 00000000 r9 : 00000000 r8 : c4e8d83c
r7 : 00000000 r6 : 000001f0 r5 : 000001f0 r4 : 00000000
r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000001 r1 : 00000001 r0 : 00000001
Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment kernel
Control: 39FF Table: 03E58000 DAC: 0000001D
Process FPM Thread (pid: 115, stack limit = 0xc26d03a0)
Stack: (0xc26d1e7c to 0xc26d2000)
1e60: c0175180
1e80: c26d1eb0 c26d1e90 c003ede8 c001c7bc c0175180 000001f0 00000002 00000000
1ea0: c4e8d83c c26d1ec8 c26d1eb4 c003f820 c003ed80 c3e65060 c3573974 c26d1ee8
1ec0: c26d1ecc c00cf378 c003f704 00000000 c3573974 00000002 c4e932a4 c26d1f04
1ee0: c26d1eec c00d046c c00cf308 c4ecb73c c0252000 00000000 00000000 c26d1f08
1f00: c4e932d8 c00d0434 c4ecb734 c4e94334 c26d1f6c 00000000 c26d1f24 c0017380
1f20: c00182a0 c4ec6614 000023c0 00000000 00000000 00000002 c4ec499c c26d1f78
1f40: c4ec4760 c4ec8da0 c0253fbc 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000002 c4ec499c
1f60: 00000000 c53f23d0 00000080 c0014ef0 c0252000 c4ecb1f4 c0252000 c0014ef0
1f80: c0252000 c0252364 c0253fbc 00000000 c4e8e038 00000000 00000000 00000000
1fa0: 00000000 c26d1fb0 c001774c c0021840 00000000 c4e9c65c 00000000 c4e9c65c
1fc0: 00000000 c0252000 c0014ef0 c0252000 c0252364 00000000 c0252000 c0014ef0
1fe0: c0252000 c0252364 c0253fbc c0252374 00000000 c0018f10 cc33cc33 cc33cc33
Backtrace:
Function entered at [] from []
r4 = C0175180
Function entered at [] from []
r8 = C4E8D83C r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000002 r5 = 000001F0
r4 = C0175180
Function entered at [] from []
r5 = C3573974 r4 = C3E65060
Function entered at [] from []
r6 = C4E932A4 r5 = 00000002 r4 = C3573974
Function entered at [] from []
r6 = 00000000 r5 = C0252000 r4 = C4ECB73C
Code: 1b0023d4 e59f0014 eb0023d2 e3a03000 (e5833000)
Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler – not syncing
Rebooting in 1 seconds..
Hi, Ive recently aquired a pre configured ap-5131.
the problem is, I have no idea what the passwords are for it. when I console in, none of the above passwords work.
Is there a way to master reset this unit, even if it means cracking it open to do so? (Im not shy about this, ive jtagged my linksys wrt54g to unbrick it numerous times)
Hi Eric,
Have you performed a factory reset? What version of software is it running?
Good Luck!
nevermind I got it working, thank you so much. Motorola conveniently left this part out of the manuals its seems.
I have the same problem, can u tell e what u have done?
Once I performed the factory reset following the above instructions my password was indeed “motorola” Now sure why the password was none of the above right out of the box but hey as long as I got it working I guess. Good Luck!
I have two of these devices that are several years old and the firmware is way out of date. I’d like to put them back online but I’m afraid of vulnerabilities so I’d like to update the firmware. Sadly it looks like Motorola/Symbol charges you for a service contract to access new firmware even if it’s for bug fixes and security patches.
I don’t imagine anyone knows where I can download a more current firmware? I’m on 1.1.2.0-005R.
Hi Greg,
The AP5131 is only a few years old… unfortunately you won’t find any software here. I don’t believe there are any significant security vulnerabilities that would preclude you from using it for home use so long as you use WPA2/AES.
Good Luck!
I have 2 motorola AP-5131’s, 1 is working and the other I am unable to connect to. I started reading your tutorial on how to reset the unit back to default but I am stuck at step 1 – serial up… I have a serial cable plugged in and was going to use hyperterminal. The only problem is I don’t know the address to connect to it. I am unable to login to the web interface. The IP’s are all messed up. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hi Eli,
As I posted above you need to use the serial interface to connect to the AP 5131 and factory reset it. If you’re unsure that your cable or serial port settings are correct try connecting to the working AP5131 and you should get a login prompt. If you don’t get a login prompt then you have the wrong cable (I believe you need a NULL serial cable for Motorola equipment) or you have the wrong baud rate on the port.
Good Luck!
Hi Michael, I have the AP-5131,the null modem cable, the problem is that I forgot the user and password, and I need use my AP with other parameters, I tried to reset the AP-5131 password with your instructions but when I press the “ESC” key the boot continues normally and the prompt no display for type “passwd default” What I can do?
Thanks.
Hi Esteban,
Perhaps it’s the terminal emulation that you are using? You might want to try a different emulation type such as VT100. I’m assuming that you can type in a username when the AP5131 boots so that proves that your serial cable is good.
Good Luck!
Hi Michael, I have the AP-5131,I’ve used a null modem cable to reset everything so to speak. I’ve set the admin password and country code. I’ve also set the VLAN mask to 255.255.255.0 and my pc to 10.1.1.2, mask 255.255.255.0 however I’m still unable to connect to the AP thur the IE. I only get as far as the AP-5131 Access Point Login screen. When I enter my admin ID and password all I get nothing not even an invalid password message. Of course if I enter an invalid password it does tell me I did that. Please help! Steve
Hi Steve,
What are you using for the username and password?
Cheers!
The firmware version is 2. something so I used admin and motorola as the PW then changed it via serial connection. I’ve tried it with another computer since my last posting and was able to connect with that system. Still don’t know what is stopping me with this one. I’m on IE 7 with the latest java verison. same as the other pc.
I cannot get connected to a Motorola AP-5131 neither via utp (cannot ping 192.168.0.1 or 10.1.1.1) nor with a serial cable (via hyperterminal)!! What should i do?
Can i use a simple 9F-9F serial cable to hyperterminal Motorola AP-5131 or do i have to use only Motorola’s 25-96992-01R serial cable??
Hi Leonidas,
I would start by validating that your serial cable and HyperTerminal settings are correct and fucntional. Do you have another AP-5131 or similar AP that you could use to test your serial cable and terminal settings? I believe the AP-5131, AP-7131 and RFS4000, RFS6000, RFS7000 all utilize an RJ-45 console port cable (rollover) similar to Cisco. However, they utilize 19200 bps as opposed to the usual default of 9600 bps for most manufacturers.
Good Luck!
Thank You. Great Info!!!
:)
Nice work. I had to make my own 9f9f null modem cable, but it worked
Hi Michael,
i have same device Motorola AP-5131, but i am not able to connect device with serial port, i have tried with hypertrm and putty but no luck. could you please help me out how do i reset my device on factory default configuration ?
Hi Kamal,
You’ll need to connect to the serial/console port of the AP-5131. I would start by verifying that the serial port on your laptop/desktop works – can you connect to anything else. Are you sure you have the correct serial cable? I believe it should be the same as a Cisco console cable. When you have that working you’ll know that isn’t your issue – then just connect to the AP-5131 with 19200-8-N-1 and you should be set to go.
Good Luck!
(none) login: admin
Password:
admin>system
Country Code:91
Invalid country code
admin>1
unknown input before marker
1
^
admin>44
unknown input before marker
44
^
admin>
what country code in AP-5131 because i m from India and my country code is 91. But i have write 91 but shows invalid country code
Your syntax looks all wrong to me… you probably need to refer to the manual.
Good Luck!
Hi,
what program should I use in Windows 7 to connect to the console port in the AP5131.
You can use any terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal or PuTTY.
Hi Michael,
Firstly thanks questions and answers to get me this far.
I am trying to configure a (Motorola brand) AP5131 to a (DHCP) cable modem. Modem cable into POE “data in” and data out to LAN on the AP. No problems with configuring the SSID and securing WPA2. I can connect with my notebook but no internet access.
Have I missed something? Gateway?
Do I need new firmware to support the new IP4 / IP6?
Really looking forward to your reply. Thanks
Hi James,
Your just utilizing the AP as a simple wireless bridge… you should get your DHCP address, etc from the cable modem. Are you able to ping the cable modem (default gateway)?
Good Luck!
Hello Michael.
I have a problem with the firmware version 2.2.0 had AP5131-035R and upgrade to version 2.2.3.0-003R but will restart normally lights Radio Activity 802.11a and 802.11b / g Radio Activity on and now no longer I try to enter the console and does not allow me to motorola and symbol password and will not let me enter probe and lowercase and uppercase writing them, I appreciate you could help me
Greetings …
Hi Gerard,
I believe the configuration should be retained to whatever the ‘admin’ password was previously should still be configured. You can try the standard defaults;
admin/motorola
admin/Motorola
admin/superuser
admin/admin
If that doesn’t work you’ll need to factory reset the AP per the instructions above.
Good Luck!
What if non of these work?
“admin/motorola
admin/Motorola
admin/superuser
admin/admin”
Hi Tomas,
Does it have a Symbol logo on it?
admin/Symbol
Cheers!
I can not get to step 3, I am using serial cable connecting it to the computer and the putty program for connecting with the indicated settings.
The cable is new and I already tried the serial port on another computer.
Att,
Not sure what to tell you Fabio, are you sure the serial cable and terminal emulator you are using is working? Do you have another device to test the cable and emulator on? Sounds like you’ve tried a different computer but that doesn’t eliminate the serial cable or terminal emulator.
Good Luck!
i have a AP5131 with v2.2.2.0-001R. i have rest the password & also do the default through putty
but i am not able to take web access of that device. but when i login in putty same login id & password are working.please suggest us what is the problem.
There’s not much to go on here… can you ping the AP?
AP-51xx Access Point 2.0.0.0-045R. defaul password: motorla. reset to factory default: after sptep 5 this manual, login as admin, change new password, run /system/config/default, confirm reset . Default lan1 – dchp client – connect to the router with a dhcp.
Great post, thanks!
I’m using PuTTY with the Serial settings you provided and connecting to a laptop using the console port on the AP to the RJ45 laptop ethernet port. The problem I’m experiencing is that the PuTTY window won’t open. Any ideas?
Does this procedure only reset the username/password? Or does it reset all the configuration as well? I need to keep the config as is, so I just wanted to verify before I potentially blow it away.
Thanks
hi all,
happy to see that this thread is live even after 8 years!
I have four (AP5131) and one of them doesn’t start, when it powers up, it just shows up a red LED and do nothing further. I am eager to try a firmware upgrade and hope I would be able to bring it back to life. The current version is v2.1.1.x.x.x.x. and what I learned from my 5-6 days search is that v2.3.3.0-006R is the possible upgrade I can get. Could anyone out here plz tell me a source to download it. This device was taken over by ‘Zebra’ and then by ‘Extreme’ and none was reachable to get a support from.
Hi Vikram,
That product was end-of-life a long time ago… you can set your serial port to 19200-8-N-1 and see if you get anything from the serial port. If you don’t the AP is likely bad.
Cheers!
Hi Michael. Your post seems to be the official Motorola solution to reverting to default password! Your instructions worked perfectly for me. I am able to log in using a telnet client, but when I use the same credentials to log in using a web browser, I get a ‘invalid username/password pair’ message. I installed firefox version 5.0.1 just be sure that it’s not a browser issue. Do you have any ideas as to why this is happening to me? Thanks in advance! Emmanuel
Figured it out. For some reason I had to access the web interface using https and not http. I hope it helps