ExpWave 240B Secure Outdoor Ethernet Radio Link

When you telnet into the ExpWave, you will see the following screens for uploading firmware and the configuration file using FTP.

Menu 24.7.1 - System Maintenance - Upload System Firmware

To upload system firmware:

1.Enter "y" at the prompt below to go into debug mode.

2.Enter "atur" after "Enter Debug Mode" message.

3.Wait for "Starting XMODEM upload" message before activating Xmodem upload on your terminal.

4.After successful firmware upload, enter "atgo" to restart the router.

Warning: Proceeding with the upload will erase the current system firmware.

Do You Wish To Proceed:(Y/N)

Figure 12-13 Telnet Into Menu 24.7.1 — Upload System Firmware

12.4.2 Configuration File Upload

You see the following screen when you telnet into menu 24.7.2.

Menu 24.7.2 - System Maintenance - Upload System Configuration File

To upload the system configuration file, follow the procedure below:

1.Launch the FTP client on your workstation.

2.Type "open" and the IP address of your system. Then type "root" and SMT password as requested.

3.Type "put configurationfilename rom-0" where "configurationfilename"

is the name of your system configuration file on your workstation, which will be transferred to the "rom-0" file on the system.

4.The system reboots automatically after the upload system configuration file process is complete.

For details on FTP commands, please consult the documentation of your FTP client program. For details on uploading configuration file using TFTP (note that you must remain on this menu to upload configuration file using TFTP), please see your manual.

Press ENTER to Exit:

Figure 12-14 Telnet Into Menu 24.7.2 — System Maintenance

To upload the firmware and the configuration file, follow these examples

12.4.3 FTP File Upload Command from the DOS Prompt Example

Step 1. Launch the FTP client on your computer.

Step 2. Enter “open”, followed by a space and the IP address of your ExpWave. Step 3. Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.

Step 4. Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”). Step 5. Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.

Step 6. Use “put” to transfer files from the computer to the ExpWave, for example, “put firmware.bin ras” transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the ExpWave and renames it “ras”. Similarly, “put config.rom rom-0” transfers the configuration file on your computer (config.rom) to the ExpWave and renames it “rom-0”. Likewise “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the configuration file on the ExpWave to your computer and renames it “config.rom.” See earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions.

Firmware & Configuration File Maintenance

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240B specifications

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