ZyXEL Communications P-2608HWL-Dx Series User Manual

P-2608HWL-Dx Series User’s Guide

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Chapter 27 Tools

4 Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).

5 Enter “

bin

” to set transfer mode to binary.

6 Use “

get

” to transfer files from the ZyXEL Device to the computer, for example, “

get 

rom-0 config.rom

” transfers the configuration file on the ZyXEL Device to your 

computer and renames it “

config.rom

”. See earlier in this chapter for more information 

on filename conventions.

7 Enter “

quit

” to exit the ftp prompt. 

This figure gives an example of using FTP commands from the DOS command prompt to save 
your device’s configuration onto your computer. 

Figure 198   FTP Session Example

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-based FTP 
clients.

331 Enter PASS command
Password:
230 Logged in
ftp> bin
200 Type I OK
ftp> get rom-0 zyxel.rom
200 Port command okay
150 Opening data connection for STOR ras
226 File received OK
ftp: 16384 bytes sent in 1.10Seconds 297.89Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit

Table 132   General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients

Host Address

Enter the address of the host server.

Login Type

Anonymous.
This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to the 

server for anonymous access.  Anonymous logins will work only if your ISP 

or service administrator has enabled this option.
Normal.  
The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login.

Transfer Type

Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode.

Initial Remote Directory

Specify the default remote directory (path).

Initial Local Directory

Specify the default local directory (path).