Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 - Manual (Page 288)

Chapter 9: Additional Access Point Features
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where f is the name of the script file to be executed.
For more information about using the script command, see “Creating
Script Files” on page 298.
Using TFTP
Commands
TFTP commands are file transfer commands. An access point can act as
either a client or server in the TFTP environment. As a server, the access
point can service read and write requests from an access point client. As a
client, the access point can read files from and write files to any TFTP
server on the network. Both the client and server must operate in octet, or
8-bit, mode.
When executing a script file, the access point retries TFTP client
commands get and put until the command is successfully completed. If the
first attempt fails, the access point retries after a one-minute delay. With
each successive failure, the retry time doubles until it reaches eight
minutes. Once this limit is reached, it remains at eight minutes until the
command is completed.
In general, TFTP client sessions should fail only if the server is not
responding either because it is busy serving other clients or because it has
not been started. In either case, the access point backoff algorithm should
prevent excessive network traffic when many access points are trying to
contact a TFTP server.
TFTP GET
Purpose:
TFTP client requests a file from the TFTP server.
Note
You must use the FE command to erase the segment before you
execute a TFTP GET command. If you do not erase the segment,
you may get a “can’t write file” error.
Syntax:
TFTP GET IPaddress foreignfilename localfilename
where:
IPaddress is the IP address or DNS name of the server. You
can use an asterisk (*) here if you want to use the
value in the internal variable serveripaddress (as
defined on page 293).