Chapter 43 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance

FTP is the preferred method for restoring your current computer configuration to your ZyWALL since FTP is faster. Please note that you must wait for the system to automatically restart after the file transfer is complete.

"WARNING!

Do not interrupt the file transfer process as this may PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR ZyWALL. When the Restore Configuration process is complete, the ZyWALL will automatically restart.

43.4.1Restore Using FTP

For details about backup using (T)FTP please refer to earlier sections on FTP and TFTP file upload in this chapter.

Figure 435 Telnet into Menu 24.6

Menu 24.6 -- System Maintenance - Restore Configuration

To transfer the firmware and 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.Type "put backupfilename rom-0" where backupfilename is the name of your backup configuration file on your workstation and rom-0 is the remote file name on the router. This restores the configuration to your router.

4.The system reboots automatically after a successful file transferFor details on FTP commands, please consult the documentation of your FTPclient 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:

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.

6Find the “rom” file (on your computer) that you want to restore to your ZyWALL.

7Use “put” to transfer files from the ZyWALL to the computer, for example, “put config.rom rom-0” transfers the configuration file “config.rom” on your computer to the ZyWALL. See earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions.

 

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