Firmware upgrade for access points

A system comprising:

• a plurality of access points (APs);
• and
• a network management device comprising:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
• group, responsive to a firmware upgrade being initiated, the plurality of APs into a plurality of subsets, the plurality of APs having an identical AP type;
• identify, based on a resource availability of each of the plurality of APs, a primary seed AP corresponding to each of the plurality of subsets, wherein the primary seed AP is to download a firmware upgrade image from a remote server;
• categorize each of the plurality of APs except the primary seed AP, as a non-seed AP, wherein the non-seed AP is to download the firmware upgrade image from the primary seed AP;
• and
• send, to the primary seed AP, a network address of the remote server for downloading the firmware upgrade image.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• group, responsive to a firmware upgrade being initiated, a plurality of APs into a plurality of subsets, the plurality of APs having an identical AP type;
• identify, based on a resource availability of each of the plurality of APs, a primary seed AP corresponding to each of the plurality of subsets, wherein the primary seed AP is to download a firmware upgrade image from a remote server;
• categorize each of the plurality of APs except the primary seed AP, as a non-seed AR wherein the non-seed AP is to download the firmware upgrade image from the primary seed AP;
• and
• send, to the primary seed AP, a network address of the remote server for downloading the firmware upgrade image.