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All about TFTP
The use of TFTP as a last resort has become a common advice lately. I want to unserstand that process (in case I need to use it at some point in the future). 1. About NG's KB article: How to upload...
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Thx for your replies. this is how I understand it.:
The RBR establishes itself at 192.168.1.1. Make sure no other device has that IP address assigned to it. If one cannot ping the RBS at that IP address after various resets, then we are done. We cannot send anything to it if it is unreachable.
The RBS establishes itself at 192.168.1.250. Have a functional RBR and try to sync it to RBS by resetting the RBS using different methods. If that fails, wire-connect the RBS to the RBR and ping the RBS at 192.168.1.250. If one cannot reach the RBS at 192.168.1.250, then we are done, as we cannot send any file to it.
Might also see post #92 in this thread:
I am not sure if it is entirely clear that when using TFTP there should be only two devices, connected by an ethernet cable: the computer that is sending firmware with TFTP and the device that is being flashed. Nothing else. The computer needs to have a static IP address in the 192.168.1.x range (I use 192.168.1.2) with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 It is impossible to TFTP over the WiFi connection.
You mean this one about the limited time window?
So, to use TFTP for a RBR, connect the PC (set to 192.168.1.2, in your example) with an ethernet cable to the RBR and use the router's IP address as 192.168.1.1 in the command
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put filename.img
Question: How do you make sure that the receiving RBR is responding to IP address 192.168.1.1?
So, to use TFTP for a RBS, connect the PC (set to 192.168.1.2, in your example) with an ethernet cable to the RBS and use the router's IP address as 192.168.1.250 in the command
tftp -i 192.168.1.250 put filename.img
Question: How do you make sure that the receiving RBS is responding to IP address 192.168.1.250?
PS: The command lines above is getting munged by the forum software. It should be on a single line.
alokeprasad wrote:You mean this one about the limited time window?
So, to use TFTP for a RBR, connect the PC (set to 192.168.1.2, in your example) with an ethernet cable to the RBR and use the router's IP address as 192.168.1.1 in the command
tftp -i [192.168.1.1] put [firmware filename].[file format]
Question: How do you make sure that the receiving RBR is responding to IP address 192.168.1.1?
If it works.
So, to use TFTP for a RBS, connect the PC (set to 192.168.1.2, in your example) with an ethernet cable to the RBS and use the router's IP address as 192.168.1.250 in the command
I believe that all of Netgear's products are 192.168.1.1 when in TFTP mode.
tftp -i [192.168.1.250] put [firmware filename].[file format]
Question: How do you make sure that the receiving RBS is responding to IP address 192.168.1.250?
