3Com 10014299 manual Press Enter for loading, Download configuration files from a Tftp server

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Input the Boot ROM password at the prompt. (By default, no ex-factory Boot ROM password is set on the router. Simply press Enter in this case.) If the Boot ROM password has been modified, enter the correct password. The system terminates the process if the password authentication attempts fails three times.

5The system displays the following prompts upon input of the correct Boot ROM password:

Boot Menu:

1:Download application program with XMODEM

2:Download application program with TFTP

3:Clear application password

4:Clear configuration

5:Exit and reboot

Enter your choice(1-5):

Make the selection as desired. Notice that option 3 is used for entering the system view from the user password.

6Select 2 for loading the 3Com Router main program with TFTP, and the following prompt displays:

Please start TFTP server then press ENTER key to get start

7Press Enter for loading.

Starting the TFTP download...

...............................................................

TFTP download completed...

read len=[03713478]

Writing program code to FLASH...

Please waiting,it needs a long time (about 1 min)

WriteFlash Success.

Press ENTER key to reboot the system.

8Press Enter upon the completion of the loading and the router reboots and the 3Com Router main program directly decompresses and loads into the memory for execution.

Upgrade the 3Com Router Main Software with TFTP after Booting the Router

This approach implements upgrading by executing the get command to load the 3Com Router main software from the TFTP server after the router is booted.

Start the TFTP server and connect it with the router before using this method to upgrade the 3Com Router main software. Then, execute the following command in system view.

Table 15 Download configuration files from a TFTP server

Operation	Command
Downloads the 3Com Router main	get ip-addr file-name system
software from a TFTP server

FTP Approach An application layer protocol in the TCP/IP suite, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), is mainly used for file transfer between remote hosts. Carried on TCP, FTP can provide reliable and connection-oriented data traffic transmission without access authorization and authentication mechanisms.