Ftp File Upload - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 642 User Manual

DO NOT INTERUPT THE FILE TRANSFER PROCESS AS THIS MAY PERMANENTLY
DAMAGE YOUR PRESTIGE. WHEN THE FIRMWARE UPLOAD PROCESS IS
COMPLETE, THE PRESTIGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESTART.

5.4.1 FTP File Upload

FTP is the preferred method for uploading a firmware file. To use this feature, your computer must have an
FTP client.
To upload a firmware file, follow the next example.
FTP Upload Command from the DOS Prompt Example
Step 1. Launch the FTP client on your computer.
Step 2. Enter "open", followed by a space and the IP address of your Prestige.
Step 3. Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
Step 4. Enter your password as requested (the default is 1234).
Step 5.
Enter "bin" to set transfer mode to binary.
Step 6. Use "put" to transfer files from the computer to the Prestige, for example, "put firmware.bin ras"
transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the Prestige and renames it "ras".
Step 7. Enter "quit" to exit the ftp prompt.
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
Step 8.
Enter "atgo" to restart the Prestige.
More commands that you may find in third party FTP clients, are listed earlier in this chapter.
Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance
WARNING!
Figure 5-7 FTP Session Example
Prestige 642 PPPoE Modem
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