3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Installation Guide
3. Starting and Maintaining the Route
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Step 1: Enter the Boot Menu, and then select <7> to enter the Boot ROM operation sub-menu.
Step 2: Select <3> in the operation sub-menu to restore the extended segment of the Boot ROM
from the Flash.
If the operation is successful, the system displays:
Writing to Boot ROM.Please wait...######
Restoring Boot ROM program successed!
Step 3: When the sub-menu appears again, select <5> to exit and reboot the router.
3.2.4 Upgrading Application Programs with NET
Upgrading an application program with net is to download the application program through an
Ethernet interface. In this approach, the router is a client that needs to be connected to a TFTP or
FTP server through one of its fixed Ethernet interfaces.
Caution:
The 3036 series does not provide any TFTP or FTP server program. You need to purchase and install one by yourself.
Follow these steps to upgrade an application program through TFTP or FTP:
1) Start the TFTP or FTP server
Start the TFTP or FTP server on the PC connected to the Ethernet interface on the router and set
the path to the file that is to be downloaded. For the FTP server, you must also set username and
password.
2) Enter the Boot Menu and select <2> to download with NET
3) In the NET download menu, select <1> to enter the parameter configuration interface.
z To upgrade through TFTP, you need to provide values to these parameters:
file name: name of the file to be loaded.
inet on ethernet (e): IP address of the interface used for downloading on the router
host inet (h): IP address of the TFTP server
flags (f): set to 0x80
z To upgrade through FTP, you need to provide values for these parameters:
file name: name of the file to be loaded.
inet on ethernet (e): IP address of the interface used for downloading on the router
host inet (h): IP address of the FTP server
user (u): username, same as the one configured on the FTP server