Configuration manual
Chapter 15 Firmware and configuration file maintenance 185
Nortel Business Secure Router 252 Configuration — Advanced
Refer to Chapter 17, “Remote Management,” on page 209 for information about
configurations that disallow TFTP and FTP over WAN.
Back up via console port
Back up configuration via the console port by following the HyperTerminal
procedure. Procedures using other serial communications programs are similar.
Display menu 24.5 and enter “y” at the screen shown in Figure 90.
Figure 90 Menu 24.5 – System Maintenance – Backup Configuration
Figure 91 shows the screen which indicates that the Xmodem download has
started.
Figure 91 Menu 24.5 System Maintenance: Starting Xmodem Download Screen
Run the HyperTerminal program by clicking Transfer, then Receive File as
shown in Figure 92.
Remote File This is the filename on the Business Secure Router. The filename for the
firmware is “ras” and for the configuration file, is “rom-0”.
Binary Transfer the file in binary mode.
Abort Stop transfer of the file.
Ready to backup Configuration via Xmodem.
Do you want to continue (y/n):
You can enter ctrl-x to terminate operation any time.
Starting XMODEM download...
Table 43 General commands for GUI-based TFTP clients
Command Description