Prestige 645 ADSL Internet Access Router

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 the menu to back up using TFTP), please see your router manual.

Press ENTER to Exit:

Figure 11-1 Menu 24.5 — Backup Configuration

11.2.2 Using the FTP command from the DOS Prompt

Step 1. Launch the FTP client on your computer.

Step 2. Enter “open” and the IP address of your Prestige. Step 3. Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.

Step 4. Enter “root” and your SMT password as requested. The default is 1234. Step 5. Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.

Step 6. Use “get” to transfer files from the Prestige to the computer, for example, “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the configuration file on the Prestige to your computer and renames it “config.rom”. See earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions.

Step 7. Enter “quit” to exit the ftp prompt.

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: 327680 bytes sent in 1.10Seconds 297.89Kbytes/sec. ftp> quit

Figure 11-2 FTP Session Example

Configuration and Firmware File Maintenance

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