Chapter 47 File Manager

Note: The Web Configurator is the recommended method for uploading firmware. You only need to use the command line interface if you need to recover the firmware. See the CLI Reference Guide for how to determine if you need to recover the firmware and how to recover it.

Find the firmware package at www.zyxel.com in a file that (usually) uses the system model name with a .bin extension, for example, “zywall.bin”.

The ZyWALL’s firmware package cannot go through the ZyWALL when you enable the anti-virus Destroy compressed files that could not be decompressed option. The ZyWALL classifies the firmware package as not being able to be decompressed and deletes it. You can upload the firmware package to the ZyWALL with the option enabled, so you only need to clear the Destroy compressed files that could not be decompressed option while you download the firmware package. See Section 29.2.1 on page 469 for more on the anti-virus Destroy compressed files that could not be decompressed option.

The firmware update can take up to five minutes. Do not turn off or reset the ZyWALL while the firmware update is in progress!

Figure 434 Maintenance > File Manager > Firmware Package

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 235 Maintenance > File Manager > Firmware Package

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Boot

This is the version of the boot module that is currently on the ZyWALL.

Module

 

 

 

Current

This is the firmware version and the date created.

Version

 

 

 

Released

This is the date that the version of the firmware was created.

Date

 

 

 

File Path

Type in the location of the file you want to upload in this field or click Browse

 

... to find it.

 

 

Browse...

Click Browse... to find the .bin file you want to upload. Remember that you

 

must decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them.

 

 

Upload

Click Upload to begin the upload process. This process may take up to two

 

minutes.

 

 

 

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