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Generally an application program is more than 10M in size. Even if the baud rate is
changed to 115200 bps, the upgrading takes about 30 minutes. Therefore, it is
recommended you upgrade through Ethernet interface.
Upgrading Application
Program Through
Ethernet Interface
Enter <3> under the main BootROM menu to enter the Ethernet interface
submenu. Refer to “Enter Ethernet Interface submenu” on page 60 for details.
Configuring Ethernet
Parameters
Before upgrading application program through Ethernet interface, we need to
configure the Ethernet interface of the router, as follows:
Enter <3> under the main BootROM menu to enter the Ethernet Interface
submenu. Then, enter <5> to enter the Configure Ethernet interface menu:
Note: Two protocols for download, tftp & ftp.
You can modify the flags following the menu except the boot device.
tftp--0x80, ftp--0x0.
’.’ = clear field;
’-’ = go to previous field;
Ctrl+D = quit
boot device
: mottsec0
Boot device name. Cannot be changed.
processor number
: 0
Processor number. Keep unchanged.
host name
: host
Host name. Keep unchanged.
file name
: main.bin
The download file name shall be consistent
with the real file name, and you are
asked to designate download path. Or
you can designate download path in FTP
and TFTP settings
.inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.80.10
Set to be in the same network with
TFTP/FTP server. It has nothing
to do with port IP address of the
router.
inet on backplane (b):
No need to set.
host inet (h)
: 192.168.80.200
IP address of FTP/TFTP server.
gateway inet (g)
:
Gateway IP address. No need to
set.
user (u)
: guest
User name FTP downloaded is used
in this setting. No need to
consider in TFTP download.
ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh): 123456
FTP downloads password. No need
to consider in TFTP download.
flags (f)
: 0x80
Download flag. The flag is 0x0
with FTP download, and 0x80
with TFTP download.
target name (tn)
:
No need to set. If set, it means
the target file name saved in
Flash memory. Alternatively, you
may choose not to enter any name
and use the file name used for the
last upgrade instead.
startup script (s)
:
No need to set.
other (o)
:
No need to set.
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When configuring parameters, enter new parameters directly; or press
<ENTER> to accept the default parameter coming after the colon."." for "clear
field", "-" for "go to previous filed", and "Ctrl+D" for "quit".
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Upon failure, the system prompts:
Loading failed
Please reboot the router to validate the reset IP address.
