ZyWALL 2 User’s Guide

Chapter 33

Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance

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

33.1 Introduction

Use the instructions in this chapter to change the ZyWALL’s configuration file or upgrade its firmware. After you configure your ZyWALL, you can backup the configuration file to a computer. That way if you later misconfigure the ZyWALL, you can upload the backed up configuration file to return to your previous settings. You can alternately upload the factory default configuration file if you want to return the ZyWALL to the original default settings. The firmware determines the ZyWALL’savailable features and functionality. You can download new firmware releases from your nearest ZyXEL FTP site to use to upgrade your ZyWALL’s performance.

33.2 Filename Conventions

The configuration file (often called the romfile or rom-0) contains the factory default settings in the menus such as password, DHCP Setup, TCP/IP Setup, etc. It arrives from ZyXEL with a “rom” filename extension. Once you have customized the ZyWALL’s settings, they can be saved back to your computer under a filename of your choosing.

The “ras” file is the system firmware and has a “bin” filename extension. With many FTP and TFTP clients, the filenames are similar to those seen next.

ftp> put firmware.bin ras

This is a sample FTP session showing the transfer of the computer file " firmware.bin" to the ZyWALL.

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