SMC Networks SMC2582W-B manual Choose Tftp as the Firmware management protocol

To back up configuration of the SMC2582W-B by TFTP:

1.Get a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger the backup process.

2.Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethernet switch port with a normal Ethernet cable.

3.Configure the IP address of the computer so that the computer and the SMC2582W-B are in the same IP subnet.

4.On the computer, run the TFTP Server utility. Select the Accept write requestscheck box, and specify the folder to which the configuration settings of the SMC2582W-B will be saved.

5.On the computer, run a Web browser and click the General, Firmware Tools hyperlink.

6.Choose TFTP as the Firmware management protocol.

7.Within the Configuration Backup/Restore section, specify the IP address of the computer, which acts as a TFTP server. If you don’t know the IP address of the computer, open a Command Prompt, and type IpConfig, then press the Enter key.

8.Trigger the backup process by clicking Back Up. The SMC2582W-B’s configuration settings will be saved as “AaBbCcDdEeFf.hex” by the TFTP server, where “AaBbCcDdEeFf” is the SMC2582W- B’s MAC address. For example, if the SMC2582W-B’s MAC address is 00-01-02-33-44-55, the configuration backup file will be “000102334455.hex”.

NOTE: Remember to select the Accept write requests check box of TFTP Server.

To restore configuration of the SMC2582W-B by TFTP:

1.Get a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger the restoring process.

2.Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethernet switch port with a normal Ethernet cable.

3.Configure the IP address of the computer so that the computer and the SMC2582W-B are in the same IP subnet.

4.On the computer, run the TFTP Server utility. And specify the folder in which the configuration backup file resides. A configuration backup file is named by the SMC2582W-B’s MAC address. For example, if the SMC2582W-B’s MAC address is 00-01-02-33-44-55, the configuration backup file should be “000102334455.hex”.

5.On the computer, run a Web browser and click the General, Firmware Tools hyperlink.

6.Choose TFTP as the Firmware management protocol.

7.Within the Configuration Backup/Restore section, specify the IP address of the computer, which acts as a TFTP server. If you don’t know the IP address of the computer, open a Command Prompt, and type IpConfig, then press the Enter key.

8.Trigger the restoring process by clicking Restore.The SMC2582W-B will then download the con figuration backup file from the TFTP server.

NOTE: Make sure the file is a valid configuration backup file for the SMC2582W-B.

TIP: If you want to remotely back up or restore configuration from the Internet, adjust

the Timeout and Max no. of retries settings of TFTP Server for remote TFTP configuration backup/restore to succeed.

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