3Com Router 3000 ADSL2+ Family

3. Starting and Maintaining the Router

Installation Guide

Step 1: Enter the Boot Menu, and then select <7> to enter the Boot ROM operation sub-menu.

Step 2: Select <3> in the operation sub-menu to restore the extended segment of the Boot ROM from the Flash.

If the operation is successful, the system displays:

Writing to Boot ROM.Please wait...######

Restoring Boot ROM program successed!

Step 3: When the sub-menu appears again, select <5> to exit and reboot the router.

3.2.4 Upgrading Application Programs with NET

Upgrading an application program with net is to download the application program through an Ethernet interface. In this approach, the router is a client that needs to be connected to a TFTP or FTP server through one of its fixed Ethernet interfaces.

Caution:

The 3040/3041 series does not provide any TFTP or FTP server program. You need to purchase and install one by yourself.

Follow these steps to upgrade an application program through TFTP or FTP:

1)Start the TFTP or FTP server

Start the TFTP or FTP server on the PC connected to the Ethernet interface on the router and set the path to the file that is to be downloaded. For the FTP server, you must also set username and password.

2)Enter the Boot Menu and select <2> to download with NET

3)In the NET download menu, select <1> to enter the parameter configuration interface. z To upgrade through TFTP, you need to provide values to these parameters:

file name: name of the file to be loaded.

inet on ethernet (e): IP address of the interface used for downloading on the router

host inet (h): IP address of the TFTP server

flags (f): set to 0x80

zTo upgrade through FTP, you need to provide values for these parameters: file name: name of the file to be loaded.

inet on ethernet (e): IP address of the interface used for downloading on the router

host inet (h): IP address of the FTP server

user (u): username, same as the one configured on the FTP server

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HP 3000 Router manual Upgrading Application Programs with NET

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