ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

17.2.2 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 ZyAIR. 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 ZyAIR to the computer, for example, “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the configuration file on the ZyAIR 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 17-2 FTP Session Example

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

 

Table 17-2 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. Configuration and

 

 

firmware files should be transferred in binary mode.

Firmware and Configuraiton File Maintenance

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