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ZyAIR Access Point Series User’s Guide

Firmware and Configuraiton File Maintenance

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19.2.2 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.

Figure 19-2 FTP Session Example

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

Table 19-2 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.

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