Patent ID: 7248831

Claim:
A method for managing a first component of a wireless network using a second component of the wireless network, the method comprising: when a configuration recovery mode is selected manually via a physical interface of the second component without accessing a network interface of the second component, sending a configuration signal from the second component to the first component, wherein the configuration signal specifies that the first component is to perform a reconfiguration, and when an image recovery mode is selected manually at the second component without accessing the network interface of the second component, sending an image recovery signal from the second component to the first component, wherein the image recovery signal specifies that the first component is to initiate an operation for downloading new software to the first component, wherein the manual selection of the configuration recovery mode is performed by pressing a recovery button for a first time period and the manual selection of the image recovery mode is performed by pressing a recovery button for a second time period which differs from the first time period.