
[TP-LINK]: ifconfig ip 172.31.70.22 mask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.31.70.1 
4) Configure the parameters of the FTP server which keeps the upgrade firmware. Later you 
can download the firmware to the switch from the FTP server. The format of the command 
is: ftp host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx user xxxxx pwd xxxxx file xxxxxx.bin. 
Here take the following parameters of the FTP server as an example. IP address is 
172.31.70.146; the user name and password for login to the FTP server are both 123; the 
name of the upgrade firmware is tl_sg5428_up.bin. The detailed command is shown as 
the following figure. Enter the command and press Enter. 
[TP-LINK]: ftp host 172.31.70.146 user 123 pwd 123 file tl_sg5428_up.bin 
5) Enter the upgrade command and press Enter to upgrade the firmware. After a while, the 
prompt “You can only use the port 1 to upgrade” will display in the hyper terminal shown 
as the following figure.  
[TP-LINK]: upgrade 
You can only use the port 1 to upgrade. 
6) When the prompt “Are you sure to upgrade the firmware[Y/N]:” displays, please enter Y to 
start upgrade or enter N to quit upgrade shown as the following figure. The # icon 
indicates it is upgrading. After upgrading, the [TP-LINK] command will display.  
Are you sure to upgrade the firmware[Y/N]: y 
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[TP-LINK]: 
7) Please enter start command to start the switch shown as the following figure. Enter the 
user name and password (the default user name and password are both admin) to login to 
the CLI command window and you can manage the switch via CLI command.  
[TP-LINK]: start 
Start . . . . . . . . 
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User:  
When you forget the login user name and password, you can enter reset command after entering 
into bootUtil menu to reset the system. The system will be restored to the factory default settings, 
and the default login user name and password are both admin. 
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