Chapter 43 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance

Figure 429 Telnet into Menu 24.5

Menu 24.5 - 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 "root" 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:

43.3.2 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 ZyWALL.

3Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.

4Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).

5Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.

6Use “get” to transfer files from the ZyWALL to the computer, for example, “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the configuration file on the ZyWALL 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.

43.3.3Example of FTP Commands from the Command Line

Figure 430 FTP Session Example

331 Enter PASS command Password:

230 Logged in ftp> bin

200 Type I OK

ftp> get rom-0 zyxel.rom 200 Port command okay

150 Opening data connection for STOR ras

226 File received OK

ftp: 16384 bytes sent in 1.10Seconds 297.89Kbytes/sec.

ftp> quit

 

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