wax510d firmware checksum error on USG40W running V4.62(AALB.0)

danyedinak
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edited May 21 in Wireless
After upgrading the USG40W from V4.62(AALB.0) to V4.62(AALB.0) the option to check for new firmware via the web gui no longer works - the button is greyed out. To get around this, drop to a command line and run the following command : 
configure terminal
capwap firmware-update check
This definitely starts the firmware update process (doesn't solve the greyed out button) but the logs begin looping through the following error : 
show logging entries category ap-firmware begin 1 end 10
3    2021-02-02 09:00:40                                               
     alert               ap-firmware                                                            
     AP firmware download failed. Reason: wax510 Firmware checksum is error.
4    2021-02-02 09:00:11                                               
     alert               ap-firmware                                                            
     AP firmware download failed. Reason: wax510 Firmware checksum is error.

There appears to be no option to stop the firmware update check and so this just keeps looping indefinitely. 

router(config)# show capwap fw-updating info 
APs in fw updating : 0
concurrent fw updating method : capwap
FW updating mode : manual
Runtime firmware : V6.00(.6)
Available firmware : V6.10(.9)
ZAP version : ZAP9
Last Check : Success, 2021-02-01 15:55:11

According to the web (is there a way to find this in the cli?) the Runtime firmware for the WAX510D is Local / V6.00(ABTF.9)

That progress bar just loops through percentages and repeats. Been going on for 20 hours now.
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  • PeterUK
    PeterUK Posts: 3,388  Guru Member
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    edited February 2021
    I also had this problem on USG60W V4.62 and in the end I updated the AP firmware manually same model AP too forgot to report it but I have been troubleshooting a problem with WDS.

    likely a corrupt file or checksum wrong
  • Zyxel_Bella
    Zyxel_Bella Posts: 558  Zyxel Employee
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    Hi @danyedinak


    Thanks for the detail information and steps, we used the same fw and followed the steps but can’t reproduce. Could you provide diaginfo file of USG and AP for us to check? You can collect and download at: Maintenance > Diagnostics.

    We’re sorry for causing your inconvenience of impacting service.

    If you need the service back right away, the workaround can be reboot USG to resolve hangs on the progress.

    Note that diaginfo should be collected before reboot.


    Regards,
    Bella

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  • InterLAN
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    Same problem "AP firmware download failed. Reason: wax510 Firmware checksum is error." occur on our Zywall 110 fw V4.62(AAAA.0). The download loops infinitely.  
    The WAX510 remains off-line, 
    Tried moving the AP to the group Unclassified to no avail. - Even after rebooting the Zywall, the loop continues.  
  • PeterUK
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    open web console on the Zywalll with this:
    debug system _disk-cleanup
  • Zyxel_Bella
    Zyxel_Bella Posts: 558  Zyxel Employee
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    edited April 2021

    Hi @InterLAN

     

    Can you provide us the firmware version information of WAX510D?

    We’ll test the steps as yours and figure out what's are going on with the problem then update you. 

    Thanks

     

    Regards,

    Bella

     


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  • Zyxel_Bella
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    Dear customer,

     

    Thanks @danyedinak @PeterUK @InterLAN for your experience of the checksum error of WAX510D.

    We’ve confirmed this symptom occasionally happens when downloading cloud firmware if select updating type as auto at AP Policy. The workaround is given as below:

    Please change updating type to manually and upgrade to latest firmware by click Check and Apply.

    Thank you.

     

    Regards,

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  • danyedinak
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    Zyxel_Bella said:

    Dear customer,

     

    Thanks @danyedinak @PeterUK @InterLAN for your experience of the checksum error of WAX510D.

    We’ve confirmed this symptom occasionally happens when downloading cloud firmware if select updating type as auto at AP Policy. The workaround is given as below:

    Please change updating type to manually and upgrade to latest firmware by click Check and Apply.

    Thank you.

     

    Regards,

    Bella


    @Zyxel_Bella
    Unfortunately, as you can see from the image I posted in the original post, while the updating mode has been set to manual (and can be toggled back and forth) the option to actually check manually is greyed out in the GUI, and I don't see anything in the GUI to stop a check that has been initiated. From the command line, I can find no way to stop a check already in progress.
    To initiate one, the command is : 
    capwap firmware-update check
    But once it starts, there's no way to stop it, including switching to auto and back to manual. It just continues trying in an endless loop.
    Incidentally, I am now also experiencing this on a USG60W running V4.62(AAKZ.0). 
  • PeterUK
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    Have you done a reboot with it set to manual?

    You may have to update each AP not from the controller.
  • Zyxel_Bella
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    Hi @danyedinak

     

    Like @PeterUK said, reboot with set to manual is needed to jump off from the checksum error loop.

     

    We have enhanced on mechanism to prevent this situation happens to shuffer the customers.

    Thank you for sharing.

     

    Regards,

    Bella


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  • danyedinak
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    PeterUK said:
    Have you done a reboot with it set to manual?

    You may have to update each AP not from the controller.
    Thank you, @PeterUK
     
    Like @InterLAN mentioned, rebooting doesn't always seem to work. However, this last time, I did perform a scheduled reboot after both running the debug system _disk-cleanup command you mentioned earlier and setting capwap fw-updating mode manual and it did stop the loop .

    However, when I run : 
     capwap firmware-update check
    The log shows : 
     info                ap-firmware
         AP firmware check successful. Available firmware: V6.20(.0).
    but : 
    Router# show capwap fw-updating info
    APs in fw updating : 0
    concurrent fw updating method : capwap
    FW updating mode : manual
    Runtime firmware : V6.00(.6)
    Available firmware : V6.20(.0)
    ZAP version : ZAP9
    Last Check : Success, 2021-04-19 07:26:13

    Note that the Runtime firmware isn't changing, even after :
     capwap firmware-update download
    It doesn't seem to initiate the download until 
     capwap firmware-update apply
    at which point the log shows 
     info                ap-firmware
         Start to download V6.20(.0) AP firmware from cloud.
     info                ap-firmware
         Complete V6.20(.0) AP firmware is downloaded.
     info                ap-firmware
         AP firmware applied. Firmware: V6.20(.0).
    And finally the Runtime firmware does show V6.20.

    capwap ap <mac address>
    fw-updating
    exit
    exit
    Show logging entries capwap shows : 
     info                capwap
         Start to transmit AP Firmware. MAC:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,Name:AP-xxxxxxxxxxxx,Model:WAX510D
    And, after a bit
    show capwap ap <mac address> 
    Firmware Version: 6.00(ABTF.5) 
    has become
    Firmware Version: 6.20(ABTF.0)
    So, it looks like we're finally in business.

    Unfortunately, the most recent CLI reference guide for the USG/FLEX/VPN/ATP series doesn't document these capwap firmware-update commands.

    There was one odd moment in the GUI, during which it showed
    Device storage is not enough
    for the WAX510D, but otherwise, I think this is finally working.

    @Zyxel_Bella I do have a diagnostic file that I can provide you, if you still need that. Just let me know how as I would rather not throw it up on the forum, if at all possible. 
    Also, you mentioned that there is an enhanced mechanism to fix this moving forward. Is that going to be in a future USG firmware update? Or is it part of the AP controller firmware?

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