ZyXEL Communications Prestige 100L manual Transferring Files, Filename Conventions

Prestige 100L IDSL Router

Chapter 11

Transferring Files

This chapter tells you how to back up and restore your configuration file as well as upload new firmware and a new configuration file.

11.1 Filename Conventions

The configuration file (sometimes called the romfile or romfile-0) contains the settings in the menus such as password, DHCP Setup defaults, TCP/IP Setup defaults, etc. The external (i.e., not on the Prestige) configuration filename is usually the router model name with a *.rom extension, e.g., P100L.rom. The RAS firmware file is the file that contains the ZyXEL Network Operating System firmware and the external firmware file is usually called the router model name with a *.bin extension, e.g., P100L.bin. Rename the configuration filename to “rom-0” and the firmware filename to “ras” when transferring files to the Prestige (i.e., the internal filenames on the Prestige). Renaming the files is not necessary when you transfer files to the Prestige using the X-Modem protocol.

The following table is a summary. Please note that the internal filename refers to the filename on the Prestige and the external filename refers to the filename not on the Prestige, i.e., on your workstation, local network or ftp site and so the name (but not the extension) varies. The AT command is the command you enter after you press “Y” when prompted in the SMT menu to go into debug mode. After uploading new firmware see the ZyNOS F/W Version field in Menu 24.2.1 to check if you have uploaded the correct firmware version.

		Table 11-1	Filename Conventions
FILE TYPE	INTERNAL	EXTERNAL	DESCRIPTION	AT
	NAME	NAME		COMMAND
Configuration	rom-0	*.rom	This is the router configuration filename	ATUR3
File			on the Prestige. Uploading the rom-0 file
			replaces the entire ROM file system,
			including your Prestige configurations,
			system-related data (including the baud
			rate and default password), the error log
			and the trace log.
Firmware	ras	*.bin	This is the generic name for the RAS	ATUR
			firmware on the Prestige.

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