Netopia CLI 874 manual Tftp Text Configuration Upload Overview, VT100 Menu Console

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Chapter 4

Motorola Netopia® Router Text Configuration Upload

This chapter describes the supported TFTP text configuration upload process.

TFTP Text Configuration Upload Overview

You can configure many of the basic features of the router by uploading a text-based configuration file to the router. This file can be either a Macintosh- or PC-formatted text file. There must be no formatting information in the file – it must contain only raw text. Generally this means that you must save the file in Text Only (.txt) format when using word processing applications that support text formatting.

The file must be located on a TFTP Server. The Motorola Netopia® router needs the IP Address or DNS Name of the TFTP Server in order to start the file upload. There are at least three ways to accomplish this:

■SNMP

■VT100 Menu Console (Serial or Telnet)

■VT100 Command Line Console (Serial or Telnet)

The supported character set for TFTP text configuration files is the set of US-ASCII printable characters (ASCII values from 32 to 126 inclusive), including the space character. This means that characters containing diacritical marks, such as ‘À’, are not supported. Such characters will be translated to the character ‘%’ when processing a text configuration file.

Note: All commands, including the last, must be followed by an appropriate end-of-line sequence (Carriage Return, Line Feed, or Carriage Return/Line Feed pair).

SNMP

Three SNMP objects are associated with TFTP text configuration upload. They are tftpServerName, tftpConfigFileName, and tftpReadConfig. All three objects are defined in the Netopia MIB. Refer to this document found on the Netopia ftp site for more information.

VT100 Menu Console

The path to the TFTP menu is:

Main

Menu

Utilities &

Diagnostics

Trivial File

Transfer Protocol

You will need to set the TFTP Server Name (IP address or domain name) and the Config File Name, and then invoke the transfer using GET CONFIG FROM SERVER.