Chapter 15 Firmware and configuration file maintenance 163
BCM50a Integrated Router Configuration — Advanced
Backup configuration
Follow the instructions as shown in Menu 24.5 (Figure 80).
Figure 80 Menu 24.5 – System Maintenance – Backup Configuration
Using the FTP command from the command line
1Launch the FTP client on your computer.
2Enter open, followed by a space and the IP address of your BCM50a
Integrated Router.
3Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
4Enter your password as requested (the default password is PlsChgMe!).
5Enter bin to set transfer mode to binary.
6Use get to transfer files from the BCM50a Integrated Router to the computer,
for example, get rom-0 config.rom transfers the configuration file on the
BCM50a Integrated Router to your computer and renames it config.rom. See
earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions.
7Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt.
Menu 24.5 - System Maintenance - Backup Configuration
To transfer the configuration file to your workstation, follow the
procedure
below:
1. Launch the FTP client on your workstation.
2. Type "open" and the IP address of your router. Then type "nnadmin"
and SMT password as requested.
3. Locate the 'rom-0' file.
4. Type 'get rom-0' to back up the current router configuration to
your workstation.
For details on FTP commands, please consult the documentation of your FTP
client program. For details on backup using TFTP (note that you must
remain
in this menu to back up using TFTP), please see your router manual.
Press ENTER to Exit: