Prestige 645 ADSL Internet Access Router

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in third party FTP clients.

Table 11-2 General Commands for Third Party FTP Clients

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

Host Address

Enter the address of the host server.

 

 

Login Type

Anonymous.

 

This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied

 

to the server for anonymous access. Anonymous logins will

 

work only if your ISP or service administrator has enabled this

 

option.

 

Normal.

 

The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login.

 

 

Transfer Type

Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary

 

mode.

 

 

Initial Remote

Specify the default remote directory (path).

Directory

 

 

 

Initial Local

Specify the default local directory (path).

Directory

 

FTP over WAN will not work if you have applied a filter in menu 11.5 (WAN) to block Telnet service.

11.2.3 Backup Configuration Using TFTP

The Prestige supports the up/downloading of the firmware and the configuration file using TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) over LAN. Although TFTP should work over WAN as well, it is not recommended.

To use TFTP, your computer must have both telnet and TFTP clients. To backup the configuration file, follow the procedure shown next:

Step 1. Use telnet from your computer to connect to the Prestige and log in. Because TFTP does not have any security checks, the Prestige records the IP address of the telnet client and accepts TFTP requests only from this address.

Step 2. Put the SMT in command interpreter (CI) mode by entering 8 in Menu 24 – System Maintenance.

Step 3. Enter command “sys stdio 0” to disable the SMT timeout, so the TFTP transfer will not be interrupted. Enter command “sys stdio 5” to restore the five-minute SMT timeout (default) when the file transfer is complete.

Step 4. Launch the TFTP client on your computer and connect to the Prestige. Set the transfer mode to binary before starting data transfer.

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Configuration and Firmware File Maintenance