Add Licenses and Upgrade Entitlement to ZoneDirector
Ruckus will no longer sell you licenses or support for the ZD1000, ZD1100 and ZD3000.
To prevent e-waste and save these from landfills, you may use the procedure here to enable upgrades, enable URL filtering and apply the maximum number of AP licenses to your ZoneDirector for use in a homelab or personal environment.
ZoneDirector releases prior to 31 Aug 2023 (6.0 - 10.5.1.0.255)
The appropriate patch should be uploaded as a Software Upgrade (Administer > Upgrade > Software Upgrade):-
The upload process completes the patching; no upgrade will be offered. Instead you will receive confirmation the patch has successfully completed:-
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Subsequent software upgrades will remove the patched support license: you will need to re-apply this patch each time you upgrade your ZoneDirector's software.
You can, if you wish, create the patch yourself. Build scripts are here: [ZD1000/ZD1100/ZD3000].
Alternatively, you can decrypt the patch to verify it's only doing what it should.
ZoneDirector releases after 31 Aug 2023 (e.g. 10.2.1.0.236+)
Ruckus implemented firmware signing in ZoneDirector 10.2.1.0 build 236.
So you will need to download an older 10.2.1.0 build from https://support.ruckuswireless.com/software (e.g. I used 10.1.2.0 build 232) and do an 'upgrade' (Administer > Upgrade).
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Your support entitlement isn't checked if you're just installing a different build of the currently installed ZoneDirector version.
Once you've followed the procedure, above, for older ZoneDirector releases, then you can re-upgrade your ZoneDirector.