Netopia R7200 manual Transferring configuration and firmware files with Tftp, Updating firmware

Utilities and Diagnostics 15-7

Transferring configuration and firmware files with TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a method of transferring data over an IP network. TFTP is a client-server application, with the router as the client. To use the Netopia R7200 as a TFTP client, a TFTP server must be available. Netopia, Inc., has a public access TFTP server on the Internet where you can obtain the latest firmware versions.

To use TFTP, select Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) in the Statistics & Diagnostics screen and press Return. The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) screen appears.

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

TFTP Server Name:

Firmware File Name:

GET ROUTER FIRMWARE FROM SERVER...

GET WAN MODULE FIRMWARE FROM SERVER...

Config File Name:

GET CONFIG FROM SERVER...

SEND CONFIG TO SERVER...

TFTP Transfer State -- Idle

TFTP Current Transfer Bytes -- 0

The sections below describe how to update the Netopia R7200’s firmware and how to download and upload configuration files.

Updating firmware

Firmware updates may be available periodically from Netopia or from a site maintained by your organization’s network administrator.

There are two types of firmware in the Netopia R7200 SDSL Router: router firmware and WAN module firmware. The router firmware governs how the router communicates with your network and the WAN module; the WAN module firmware governs how the WAN module communicates with the remote site. WAN module firmware is included on your Netopia CD for XMODEM transfer and later updates will be available on the Netopia website. Router firmware updates are also periodically posted on the Netopia website.

To update either the router’s or the internal WAN module’s firmware, follow these steps:

■Select TFTP Server Name and enter the server name or IP address of the TFTP server you will use. The server name or IP address is available from the site where the server is located.

■Select Firmware File Name and enter the name of the file you will download. The name of the file is available from the site where the server is located. You may need to enter a file path along with the file name (for example, bigroot/config/myfile).