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GS748TR save config locally - only TFTP?
I have an old GS748TR, hardware version 0x3, boot version 1.2.0, and software version 4.0.2.2 that has been running solid for over 10 years. It has now decided (like me) to reboot a couple of times p...
What is certainly confusing is the "odd" way (think back on the physics course at school on mechanics and dynamics.
When using the switch WebUI think you sit on the switch itself. Http download is downloading -from- the computer -to- the switch. This you can only download eg. a firmware image or a stored config file -to- the switch. This are all options you have there.
Compare with he options available on the upload option. Here I guess you will find the upload of the text config -to- your computer for retrieving it...
Even if you manage to retrieve the GS748TR text config, it's very unlikely you can upload it to a GS748T almost 20 years later - the configuration files are not compatible, please don't forget GS748TR dates back from about the year 2008.
It was possible retrieving the text config for backup reasons (by tftp push), and re-upload again to the same switch model in case of an operational mishap or upload to a replacement unit of the same model (by tftp push). The tftp operations were industry standards for several decades - the WebUI just operates a tftp client from remote, and a tftp "server" was (and still is for many) a standard requirement for such processes - the de-facto standard principle for network device operations.
That's about all I can bring in here for now.
Regards,
-Kurt.
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