MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

[AnonMemb]

Hello,

Does anyone have access to or a copy of the firmware for an MC4200 Controller?   i have one which has corrupted the compact flash and wont boot and it is quite critical to get the system back up and running 

any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

PEte

[SushRai]

Hi John, I am using 2 MC4200 controllers at the Hotel I work at, and 1 seems to have a faulty SD card, as the system cannot find a boot device. The other controller is stuck in a reboot cycle. It shows a Grub screen, but does not load System Director.

As I don't have a maintenance contract, could you provide links to download the MC4200 image ?

[jbattam_FTNT]

Hi Martin,

Not sure if you still need this, linked below is the image file for the MC1500, latest code version being 6.1-1-100.
The MC1500 will not support 6.1-3. The AP832 is supported from SD 5.3 onwards hence should run with this code version.

meru-6.1-1-100-MC1500.img
Password: tF93RLzY
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/vxtPkqLfJY

You'll need to open up the MC1500, remove the compact flash card, connect it to your PC and use an imaging tool, such as Win-Image to load the image file onto the compact flash card.
Once complete, you can then put the card back into the MC1500 and it should boot up ok. Then run setup via CLI etc.

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John Battam
CSE - Wireless APAC
Fortinet
Sydney | Australia
CWNE #327
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[jbattam_FTNT]

Hi Susheel,

Please see thread titled 'MC4200 with a Corrupted SD Card. Anyone have a copy of the firmware?'

Where i have shared legacy image files for the MC4200

Link here; https://fusecommunity.fortinet.com/groups/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=7741e728-a918-4e25-b8d8-723ded451876'

[MartM]

Hi John

Thank you for this. I have manage to get a version 6.1.25 after a long time. It seems to work, but haven't really gone through it thoroughly. I just wanted to get the wifi up and running. I will download this as a backup tho, so I can go back to 6.1.1 instead of the v4...


Regards,

Martin Medyanto

------Original Message------

Hi Susheel,

Please see titled 'MC4200 with a Corrupted SD Card. Anyone have a copy of the firmware?'

Where have shared legacy image files for the MC4200

Link here; https://fusecommunity.fortinet.com/groups/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=7741e728-a918-4e25-b8d8-723ded451876'

[DustArne]

Hi John,
Would you be willing to share the later firmware for the MC1550 controller. Sorry to necro this thread.

[chamBaso]

Dear Sir,

         Can you please re-post the link to download the image for this version, it shows that it is expired. 
meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip

Thank You
Regards,
CHAMI

[jbattam_FTNT]

Hi Chami, what controller version and flash image are you after? Assuming you have a corrupt flash card? I'd rather provide you a stable release instead.

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John Battam
CSE - Wireless APAC
Fortinet
Sydney | Australia
CWNE #327
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[chamBaso]

Dear Sir,

What I have is corrupted is Meru 4200 Controller compact flash  832i Access points.

Thank You
Best Regards,
CHAMI-------------------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: Sep 23, 2020 10:49 PM
From: John Battam
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

Hi Chami, what controller version and flash image are you after? Assuming you have a corrupt flash card? I'd rather provide you a stable release instead.

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John Battam
CSE - Wireless APAC
Fortinet
Sydney | Australia
CWNE #327
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 23, 2020 10:37 PM
From: chami Baso
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

Dear Sir,

         Can you please re-post the link to download the image for this version, it shows that it is expired. 
meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip

Thank You
Regards,
CHAMI

Original Message:
Sent: Jun 17, 2018 12:14 PM
From: John Battam
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

What model AP's do you have?

The latest versions of code i.e. System Director (SD) 7.0-13 and SD 8.4-1 no longer require AP licenses. This means the controller will natively support the maximum number of APs. i.e. 500 APs are supported on the MC4200.

If you are using older 802.11n access points (i.e. AP320i) i suggest using SD 7.0-13.

You can download the image for SD 7.0-13 here;

meru-7.0-13build-0-MC4200.img.zip
Password: KvX7UFjf
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/cwqliJ2QUc

and SD 8.4-1 here;

meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip
Password: 9Qt8e7GJ
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/4Yvy4BIre6

Please un-zip the image file before attempting to use it with an image tool. Download links above will expire on 30th June.

Regards,

JB

[jbattam_FTNT]

Hi Chami,

Here's a temp link for SD 8.4-7.

meru-8.4-7build-3-MC4200.img.zip
Password: vH5ZnMzm
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/52rb3pRqnP

If you have a backup you'll need the right version to restore it to. Alternatively, you can just dump in the parts of the config that are relevant via CLI. i.e. security profiles, ESS profiles, etc.





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John Battam
CSE - Wireless APAC
Fortinet
Sydney | Australia
CWNE #327
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[chamBaso]

Dear Sir,

If you do have meru-8.5-0build-6-MC4200 full os image, that is even better. I can upgrade to 8.5 but sometimes it says disk is full and pain to go through it.

I do have one more type controller with 7.0-8-0  MC3200 with AP320i. That is the most up to date for those.
If you do have full os image for 7.0-8-0-MC3200, please share.


When I format compact flash card, is it exFat or Fat32 is used?

Thank You So Much.
Regards,
CHAMI




Original Message:
Sent: Sep 23, 2020 11:38 PM
From: John Battam
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

Hi Chami,

Here's a temp link for SD 8.4-7.

meru-8.4-7build-3-MC4200.img.zip
Password: vH5ZnMzm
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/52rb3pRqnP

If you have a backup you'll need the right version to restore it to. Alternatively, you can just dump in the parts of the config that are relevant via CLI. i.e. security profiles, ESS profiles, etc.





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John Battam
CSE - Wireless APAC
Fortinet
Sydney | Australia
CWNE #327
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 23, 2020 10:37 PM
From: chami Baso
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

Dear Sir,

         Can you please re-post the link to download the image for this version, it shows that it is expired. 
meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip

Thank You
Regards,
CHAMI

Original Message:
Sent: Jun 17, 2018 12:14 PM
From: John Battam
Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

What model AP's do you have?

The latest versions of code i.e. System Director (SD) 7.0-13 and SD 8.4-1 no longer require AP licenses. This means the controller will natively support the maximum number of APs. i.e. 500 APs are supported on the MC4200.

If you are using older 802.11n access points (i.e. AP320i) i suggest using SD 7.0-13.

You can download the image for SD 7.0-13 here;

meru-7.0-13build-0-MC4200.img.zip
Password: KvX7UFjf
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/cwqliJ2QUc

and SD 8.4-1 here;

meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip
Password: 9Qt8e7GJ
https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/4Yvy4BIre6

Please un-zip the image file before attempting to use it with an image tool. Download links above will expire on 30th June.

Regards,

JB