Help!

I switched my Mesh Node to "Standard Access Point" within the "Basic Setup".  Couldn't get it to work so I attempted to connect to my node to switch it back to "Mesh Node" using the "http://localnode.8080" entry and it doesn't work. I tried http://<callsign>.8080 as well and that didn't work either.

How do you get back into Mesh Node from Standard Access Point?  Is it permanently stuck in "Standard Access Point" mode now?

From doing a quick google search for, "HSMM-MESH Access Point," here are the first two returns:

• http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/section-blog/36.html?start=5
• http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/section-blog/36.html

Also, from the help file on the mesh node there is a nifty section that talks about just this:
Mesh Access Point considerations

When a device is configured in Mesh Access Point mode it is essentially 'transparent'. You are going through the device to reach a mesh node, and there is no need to get to the device unless you wish to change its configuration. When the time comes to reconfigure a device in this mode be aware that it is not running its own DHCP server because that is the job of the mesh node it is connected to. You will need some other way to configure your computer's network interface. There are two ways to do this:

• Manual configuration
  Connect only your computer to the LAN port. Set your IP address to 172.27.0.100 and your netmask to 255.255.255.0. No other settings are needed.
• Automatic configuration
  You will need another mesh node that is using NAT mode on its LAN, and using the default LAN IP address of 172.27.0.1. Both of these are required, otherwise this method will not work. Connect both your computer and the LAN of the Mesh Access Point to the LAN of the mesh node.

In this mode the default IP address on the LAN port is 172.27.0.2. After one of the above steps you should be able to send your browser to http://172.27.0.2:8080/. If you used automatic configuration you should also be able to go to http://localap:8080/. Like the name "localnode", an automatically generated name exists called "localap" which is set to the localnode address plus one, but only when the node LAN mode is set to NAT. If you changed the default IP address of a Mesh Access Point you will have to modify these instructions accordingly.

Thank you!  I got it back....finally. 

I followed the instructions inserted in your post for "Manual Configuration" as far as setting the IP Address and netmask manually.  (did a search on google to find out how to manually change those).

Then using the second article you hyperlinked to in your response, (ie., connecting a computer to the LAN port on the access point, and then connecting the mesh-node to access point with a CAT 5 via the LAN ports).  Then I was able to pull up the "lost" mesh node and get into it and change it back from an Access Point to a Mesh Node.  At that point, I thought everything was ok.  It wasn't - I had to go back and change the IP Address / Netmask back from the "static" setting to "obtain IP Address Automatically".

I did a search on "How to Assign a Static IP Address" and got instructions on how to do that. 

Took me a few hours to get it - but its done.  Won't do THAT again.  Thanks.

Getting a node into the Standard AP or Mesh AP mode and losing control of it is a very common problem.

Keep in mind that both of those operating modes turn off the DHCP server in the access point node. this is mentioned in the help screens within the mesh node. There is some good reading there. You can get past this by connecting the node with the problem to a normal mesh node back to back on the lan.  To do this, take a cat5 cord and plug into one of the 4 lan jacks on one device and connect the other end to the same set of jacks on the other device. 

Plug your control computer into a lan jack on either node and use http://localnode:8080/ to log in. You can then hop over to the other device and enter it's management screen to change the operating mode back to mesh node. Do not use the WAN plug on either device.

Remember that when you first load firmware, make a change in which operating mode you are using, or do any of several other things, the IP address will need to change. Be sure to remove the network cable on your control computer, wait 30 seconds and then insert it again. In most cases, you will have to close your web browser and then restart it after you see the new IP address issued (network cable connected) notice.