2 ftp command line procedure, 3 gui-based ftp clients – ZyXEL Communications VDSL SWITCH VES-1616F-3X User Manual

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Chapter 25 Maintenance

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This is a sample FTP session saving the current configuration to a file called “config.cfg” on
your computer.
If your (T)FTP client does not allow you to have a destination filename different than the
source, you will need to rename them as the switch only recognizes “config” and “ras”. Be
sure you keep unaltered copies of both files for later use.

Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong model
firmware may damage your device.

25.10.2 FTP Command Line Procedure

1 Launch the FTP client on your computer.
2 Enter

open

, followed by a space and the IP address of your switch.

3 Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
4 Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).
5 Enter

bin

to set transfer mode to binary.

6 Use

put

to transfer files from the computer to the switch, for example,

put

firmware.bin ras

transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the

switch and renames it to “ras”. Similarly,

put config.cfg config

transfers the

configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to the switch and renames it to
“config”. Likewise

get config config.cfg

transfers the configuration file on the

switch to your computer and renames it “config.cfg.” See

Table 60 on page 175

for more

information on filename conventions.

7 Enter

quit

to exit the ftp prompt.

25.10.3 GUI-based FTP Clients

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-based FTP
clients.

General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

Host Address

Enter the address of the host server.

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.

Initial Remote