Utilities and Diagnostics 11-7
Updating software
Software updates may be available periodically from Motorola or from a site maintained by your organization’s
network administrator. The software governs how the device communicates with your network and the WAN or
remote site. Software updates are periodically posted on the Motorola Netopia
®
website.
To update the gateway’s software, follow these steps:
•
Select
TFTP Server Name
and enter the ser ver name or IP address of the TFTP ser ver you will use. The
ser ver name or IP address is available from the site where the ser ver is located.
•
Select
Firmware File Name
and enter the name of the file you will download. The name of the file is
available from the site where the ser ver is located. You may need to enter a file path along with the file
name (for example, bigroot/config/myfile).
•
Select
GET GATEWAY FIRMWARE FROM SERVER
and press Return. You will see the following dialog box:
•
Select
CANCEL
to exit without downloading the file, or select
CONTINUE
to download the file. The system
will reset at the end of the file transfer to put the new software into effect. While the system resets, the
LEDs will blink on and off.
Caution!
•
Be sure the software update you load onto your gateway is the correct version for your par ticular model.
Some models do not suppor t all software versions. Loading an incorrect software version can permanently
damage the unit.
•
Do not manually power down or reset the Router while it is automatically resetting or it could be damaged.
•
If you choose to download the software, the
TFTP Transfer State
item
will change from
Idle
to
Reading
Firmware
. The
TFTP Current Transfer Bytes
item will reflect the number of bytes transferred.
Downloading configuration files
The Router can be configured by downloading a configuration file using TFTP. Once downloaded, the file
reconfigures all of the gateway’s parameters.
To download a configuration file, follow these steps:
•
Select
TFTP Server Name
and enter the ser ver name or IP address of the TFTP ser ver you will use. The
ser ver name or IP address is available from the site where the ser ver is located.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Are you sure you want to send a firmware file to your Netopia? |
| The device will restart when the transfer is complete. |
| |
| CANCEL CONTINUE |
| |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Summary of Contents for Netopia Embedded Software
Page 10: ...x Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 16: ...1 6 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 44: ...2 28 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 108: ...3 64 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 176: ...5 34 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 202: ...6 26 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 244: ...7 42 Administrator s Handbook ...
Page 340: ...Index 6 ...