Chapter 9 Transferring Files; Filename Conventions; Figure 8-4 Menu 24.2.1 – System Maintenance – Information - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 314 User Manual

P314 Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch
Chapter 9
Transferring Files
This chapter tells you how to back up and restore your configuration file as well as upload new
firmware and a new configuration file.
9.1

Filename Conventions

The configuration file (often called the romfile or rom-0) contains the factory default settings in the menus
such as password, DHCP Setup, TCP/IP Setup etc. It arrives from ZyXEL with a name of P314.ROM or
similar. Once you have customized the Prestige's setting, they can be saved back to PC/workstation under a
filename of your choosing. Choose something meaningful, e.g., "MyP314.cfg".
The ZyNOS firmware file (sometimes referred to as the ras file) is the file that contains the ZyXEL Network
Operating System firmware and usually is the router model name with a *.bin extension, e.g., P314.bin.
With serial (XMODEM) transfer, the filenames on the PC are your choice. With many ftp and tftp clients,
they are as well as seen next.
ftp> put P314.bin ras
This is a sample ftp session showing the transfer of the PC file "P314.bin" to the Prestige.
ftp> get rom-0 MyP314.cfg
This is a sample ftp session saving the current configuration to the PC file MyP314.cfg.
If your [t]ftp client does not allow you have a destination filename different than the source, you will need to
rename them as the Prestige only recognizes "rom-0" and "ras". Be sure to keep unaltered copies of both files
for later use.
The following table is a summary. Please note that the internal filename refers to the filename on the Prestige
and the external filename refers to the filename not on the Prestige, i.e., on your workstation, local network
or ftp site and so the name (but not the extension) will vary. The AT command is the command you enter
after you press "Y" when prompted in the SMT menu to go into debug mode. After uploading new firmware
see the ZyNOS F/W Version field in Menu 24.2.1 (Figure 8-4
Menu 24.2.1 – System Maintenance
– Information) to check you have uploaded the correct firmware version.
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