Section 4: Management & Configuration
AXIS 1610 User’s Manual
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Using FTP
Having assigned an IP address to your AXIS 1610, as described
in
Assigning an IP address
, on page 22, you can change the
AXIS 1610 parameter settings using the File Transport Protocol
(FTP).
Editing the
config
file
Follow the instructions below to edit the
config
file using FTP:
1. Log in to the AXIS 1610 by typing:
ftp <host name>
or
ftp <IP address>
in a DOS window.
2. Enter the user id and the password. (The default entries are
root
and
pass
.)
3. Download the
config
file to your host by typing:
get config
4. Edit the file using your preferred text editor.
5. Save
the
config
file to the AXIS 1610 by typing:
put config CONFIG
Note:
❏
It is important that the destination file is specified in capital
letters. Otherwise the edits are temporary and will be lost once
the AXIS 1610 has been powered down.
The example on the next page shows how to edit the
config
file
using FTP from a DOS window.
