Access Point Reboot

Hello Cisco experts,
I have an Access Point Cisco AP541N, working great, except that every 1 or 2 weeks, clients cannot connect anymore to it. I need to reboot it.
I recently updated the firmware to the latest version (AP541N-K9-2.0(0)), but that didn't help.
Is there a way on cisco access points to automate a daily reboot?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Cheers

Please post the same question on SMALL BUSINESS WIRELESS section of the Forum..
Regards
Surendra

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    Step 9 Wait until the access point reboots, as indicated by all LEDs turning green followed by the Status LED blinking green.
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    You are in luck. Like you we have 4500 radios and we turned on alerts and we got slammed on this as well. I will share with you some of the things that contriubuted to our problem. It just wasnt one issue...
    1) We had 200 APs configured as a primary to 1 WLC. Well that WLC could only take 150. So when one AP jumped off there were 50 other aps interested in getting on. And when this happened we got an alert. We only fill 125 per wism today. This cut down on a good portion of our alerts
    2) We disbaled ap fall back. Once the aps were where we wanted them we killde ap fall back. (no more bouceing around).
    3) We had a few aps with link problems. Not many but a few. These aps would lose data connection but still keep power and not reboot. We either had to replace the patch cable or do a new run.
    Take a few and investigate them. You will start to develop your own pattern.
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