ZyXEL Communications G-2000 Plus User Manual

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ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide
Chapter 34 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance
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Firmware and Configuration File 
Maintenance
This chapter tells you how to backup and restore your configuration file as well as upload new 
firmware and configuration files using the SMT screens.
34.1  Filename Conventions
The configuration file (often called the romfile or rom-0) contains the factory default settings 
in the menus such as password and TCP/IP Setup, etc. It arrives from ZyXEL with a rom 
filename extension. Once you have customized the ZyAIR's settings, they can be saved back 
to your computer under a filename of your choosing. 
ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System sometimes referred to as the “ras” file) is the 
system firmware and has a “bin” filename extension. With many FTP and TFTP clients, the 
filenames are similar to those seen next. 
ftp> put firmware.bin ras
This is a sample FTP session showing the transfer of the computer file " firmware.bin" to the 
ZyAIR.
ftp> get rom-0 config.cfg
This is a sample FTP session saving the current configuration to the computer file config.cfg.
If your [T]FTP client does not allow you to have a destination filename different than the 
source, you will need to rename them as the ZyAIR only recognizes “rom-0” and “ras”. Be 
sure you keep unaltered copies of both files for later use.