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Backup via console port – ZyXEL Communications Prestige 314 PLUS User Manual

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Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

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Firmware and Configuration Maintenance

TFTP [-i] host get rom-0 config.rom

where “i” specifies binary image transfer mode (use this mode when transferring binary files), “host” is the
Prestige IP address, “get” transfers the file source on the Prestige (rom-0 name of the configuration file on
the Prestige) to the file destination on the computer and renames it config.rom.

TFTP GUI Clients

The following table describes some of the fields that you may see in some TFTP GUI clients.

Table 12-3 General Commands for TFTP GUI Clients

COMMAND DESCRIPTION

Host

Enter the IP address of the Prestige. 192.168.1.1 is the Prestige’s
default IP address when shipped.

Send/Fetch

Use “Send” to upload the file to the Prestige and “Fetch” to back up
the file on your computer.

Local File

Enter the path and name of the firmware file (*.bin extension) or
configuration file (*.rom extension) on your computer.

Remote File

This is the filename on the Prestige. The filename for the firmware is
“ras” and for the configuration file, is “rom-0”.

Binary

Transfer the file in binary mode.

Abort

Stop transfer of the file.

Refer to the TFTP and FTP over WAN Will Not Work When section to read about configurations that
disallow TFTP and FTP to work over WAN.

12.2.4 Backup Via Console Port

Backup configuration via console port by following the HyperTerminal procedure shown next. Procedures
using other serial communications programs should be similar.

Step 1. Display menu 24.5 and enter “y” at the following screen.