ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide

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

Table 53 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 Directory

Specify the default local directory (path).

 

 

16.2.3 Backup Configuration Using TFTP

The G-1000 v2 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:

1Use telnet from your computer to connect to the G-1000 v2 and log in. Because TFTP does not have any security checks, the G-1000 v2 records the IP address of the telnet client and accepts TFTP requests only from this address.

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

3Enter 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.

4Launch the TFTP client on your computer and connect to the G-1000 v2. Set the transfer mode to binary before starting data transfer.

5Use the TFTP client (see the example below) to transfer files between the G-1000 v2 and the computer. The file name for the configuration file is rom-0(rom-zero, not capital o).

Note that the telnet connection must be active and the SMT in CI mode before and during the TFTP transfer. For details on TFTP commands (see following example), please consult the documentation of your TFTP client program. For UNIX, use “get” to transfer from the G-1000 v2 to the computer and “binary” to set binary transfer mode.

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