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PLA450 User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 11
Tools
This chapter shows you how to upload a new firmware, upload or save backup configuration
files and restart the PLA450.
11.1 Firmware Upload Screen
Find firmware at www.zyxel.com in a file that (usually) uses the system model name with a
"*.bin" extension, e.g., “PLA450.bin". The upload process uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol) and may take up to two minutes. After a successful upload, the system will reboot.
See the Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance chapter for upgrading firmware using
FTP/TFTP commands.
Click Maintenance > Tools. Follow the instructions in this screen to upload firmware to your
PLA450.
Figure 55 Maintenance > Tools > Firmware
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 32 Maintenance > Tools > Firmware
LABEL DESCRIPTION
File Path Type in the location of the file you want to upload in this field or click Browse... to find
it.
Browse... Click Browse... to find the .bin file you want to upload. Remember that you must
decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them.
Upload Click Upload to begin the upload process. This process may take up to two minutes.