how to setup a TFTP server

stone123

hello guys,

I want to upgrade the ios for my cisco router. I am gng to upgrade it through TFTP.

I have never done this before.

I have new IOS for the router on the hard disk, but I don't know how to copy ios through tftp.

i want to know how can i convert my desktop to TFTP server & how to copy the ios through TFTP. Can anybody help me in this.

Thanks in advance........

sprkymrk

Did you check this sticky post?
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24825

tech-airman

stone123 wrote:

hello guys,

I want to upgrade the ios for my cisco router. I am gng to upgrade it through TFTP.

I have never done this before.

I have new IOS for the router on the hard disk, but I don't know how to copy ios through tftp.

i want to know how can i convert my desktop to TFTP server & how to copy the ios through TFTP. Can anybody help me in this.

Thanks in advance........

stone123,

How did you obtain the "...new IOS for the router on the hard disk,...?"

Netstudent

I like the TFTP application called solarwinds. I have heard of others using Pumpkin. DL one of those to your desktop and it should create a directory under your root drive filesystem named tftproot or maybe Inetpub. This is where your IOS should sit when you extract the IOS from the TFTP server. You can specify which directory should be the active tftp directory. When you start solarwinds, it just makes your machine listen on port 69. Theers really not a whole lot of "conversion" per say. YOu will have to make sure your tftp application is set for send and recieve. so you can save IOS' to the tftp server as well as pull from it.

Once you have that setup, you need to link the computer to the routers ethernet port witha crossover. Then give your router's ethernet port an IP that is in the same subnet as your desktop. Png the desktop to make sure you have connection. Then use your commands to transfer the files.

itdaddy

pumkin is really a nice TFTP program free and easy to use

Pash

Anyone who doesnt use pumpkin, is a pumpkin!