User's Manual

Chapter 15 Firmware and configuration file maintenance 169
BCM50a Integrated Router Configuration — Advanced
Restore using FTP session example
Figure 83 Restore using FTP session example
Refer to Chapter 17, “Remote Management,” on page 185 to read about
configurations that disallow TFTP and FTP over WAN.
Uploading Firmware and Configuration Files
This section shows you how to upload firmware and configuration files. You can
upload configuration files by following the procedure “Restore configuration” on
page 167, or by following the instructions in Menu 24.7.2 – System
Maintenance – Upload System Configuration File.
Firmware file upload
FTP is the preferred method for uploading the firmware and configuration. To use
this feature, your computer must have an FTP client.
When you use Telnet to access the BCM50a Integrated Router, the screens for
uploading firmware and the configuration file using FTP appear.
ftp> put config.rom rom-0
200 Port command okay
150 Opening data connection for STOR rom-0
226 File received OK
221 Goodbye for writing flash
ftp: 16384 bytes sent in 0.06Seconds 273.07Kbytes/sec.
ftp>quit
Warning: Do not interrupt the file transfer process as this can
permanently damage your BCM50a Integrated Router.