Figure 25-15 Ftp Session Example Of Firmware File Upload; Tftp File Upload - ZyXEL Communications IES-2000 User Manual

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Enter "bin" to set transfer mode to binary.
Step 5.
Use "put" to transfer files from the computer to the VLC1012, for example, "put firmware.bin ras"
Step 6.
transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the VLC1012 and renames it "ras". Similarly,
"put config.rom rom-0" transfers the configuration file on your computer (config.rom) to the VLC1012
and renames it "rom-0". Likewise "get rom-0 config.rom" transfers the configuration file on the
VLC1012 to your computer and renames it "config.rom." See earlier in this chapter for more information
on filename conventions.
Enter "quit" to exit the ftp prompt.
Step 7.
25.4.4 FTP Session Example of Firmware File Upload

Figure 25-15 FTP Session Example of Firmware File Upload

More commands (found in GUI-based FTP clients) are listed earlier in this chapter.
Refer to section 25.2.5 to read about configurations that disallow TFTP and FTP over WAN.
25.4.5

TFTP File Upload

The VLC1012 also supports the uploading of firmware files using TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) over LAN.
Although TFTP should work over WAN as well, it is not recommended.
To use TFTP, your computer must have both telnet and TFTP clients. To transfer the firmware and the
configuration file, follow the procedure shown next.
Use telnet from your computer to connect to the VLC1012 and log in. Because TFTP does not have any
Step 1.
security checks, the VLC1012 records the IP address of the telnet client and accepts TFTP requests only
from this address.
Put the SMT in command interpreter (CI) mode by entering 8 in Menu 24 – System Maintenance.
Step 2.
Enter the command "sys stdio 0" to disable the console timeout, so the TFTP transfer will not be
Step 3.
interrupted. Enter "command sys stdio 5" to restore the five-minute console timeout (default) when the
file transfer is complete.
Launch the TFTP client on your computer and connect to the VLC1012. Set the transfer mode to binary
Step 4.
before starting data transfer.
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331 Enter PASS command
Password:
230 Logged in
ftp> bin
200 Type I OK
ftp> put firmware.bin ras
200 Port command okay
150 Opening data connection for STOR ras
226 File received OK
ftp: 1103936 bytes sent in 1.10Seconds
297.89Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
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