Ftp Command Line Procedure; Gui-Based Ftp Clients; Ftp Restrictions - ZyXEL Communications MES3500-24F User Manual

Chapter 37 Maintenance
Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong
model firmware may damage your device.

37.8.2 FTP Command Line Procedure

Launch the FTP client on your computer.
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Enter open, followed by a space and the IP address of your Switch.
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Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
3
Enter your password as requested (the default is "1234").
4
Enter bin to set transfer mode to binary.
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Use put to transfer files from the computer to the Switch, for example, put firmware.bin ras-0
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transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the Switch and renames it to "ras-0".
Similarly, put config.cfg config transfers the configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to
the Switch and renames it to "config". Likewise get config config.cfg transfers the configuration
file on the Switch to your computer and renames it to "config.cfg". See
more information on filename conventions.
Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt.
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37.8.3 GUI-based FTP Clients

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-based FTP clients.
General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients
COMMAND
Host Address
Login Type
Transfer Type
Initial Remote
Directory
Initial Local Directory

37.8.4 FTP Restrictions

FTP will not work when:
• FTP service is disabled in the Service Access Control screen.
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DESCRIPTION
Enter the address of the host server.
Anonymous.
This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to the
server for anonymous access. Anonymous logins will work only if your ISP
or service administrator has enabled this option.
Normal.
The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login.
Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode.
Configuration and firmware files should be transferred in binary mode.
Specify the default remote directory (path).
Specify the default local directory (path).
Table 117 on page 287 for
MES3500-24/24F User's Guide