Chapter 19 File Manager
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Once your Zyxel Device is configured and functioning properly, it is highly recommended that you back
up your configuration file before making further configuration changes. The backup configuration file
will be useful in case you need to return to your previous settings.
Configuration File Flow at Restart
• If there is not a
startup-config.conf
when you restart the Zyxel Device (whether through a
management interface or by physically turning the power off and back on), the Zyxel Device uses the
system-default.conf
configuration file with the Zyxel Device’s default settings.
• If there is a
startup-config.conf
, the Zyxel Device checks it for errors and applies it. If there are no
errors, the Zyxel Device uses it and copies it to the
lastgood.conf
configuration file as a back up file. If
there is an error, the Zyxel Device generates a log and copies the
startup-config.conf
configuration
file to the
startup-config-bad.conf
configuration file and tries the existing
lastgood.conf
configuration
file. If there isn’t a
lastgood.conf
configuration file or it also has an error, the Zyxel Device applies the
system-default.conf
configuration file.
• You can change the way the
startup-config.conf
file is applied. Include the
setenv-startup stop-
on-error off
command. The Zyxel Device ignores any errors in the
startup-config.conf
file and
applies all of the valid commands. The Zyxel Device still generates a log for any errors.
Figure 145
Maintenance > File Manager > Configuration File
Do not turn off the Zyxel Device while configuration file upload is in
progress.
