ZyXEL B-500 User Guide - Page 149

ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User's Guide Chapter 17 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. 17.1 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. The following table is a summary. Please note that the internal filename refers to the filename on the ZyAIR and the external filename refers to the filename not on the ZyAIR, that is, on your computer, local network or FTP site and so the name (but not the extension) will vary. After uploading new firmware see the ZyNOS F/W Version field in Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information to confirm that you have uploaded the correct firmware version. Firmware and Configuraiton File Maintenance 17-1