Procedure, Chapter 7 – RCA 608WL User Manual
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Chapter 7
Software Upgrade
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Procedure
To upgrade/restore the SpeedTouch™ system software:
1
In a preliminary step, make sure that a BOOTP server is readily installed on the
computer from which you intend to perform the system software upgrade.
2
Configure the BOOTP server to use the SpeedTouch™ system software image
file in its reply to BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™ you want to upgrade.
3
To identify the BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™, you will need to define
an IP range for basic communication between the BOOTP server and the
SpeedTouch™. Depending on the BOOTP server, you might also need to specify
its MAC address (can be found on the web pages, see
).
4
Start a telnet session as described in
.
5
Put the SpeedTouch™ in BOOTP with the following CLI command.
6
The SpeedTouch™ reboots and starts sending BOOTP requests.
7
The BOOTP server will reply to the BOOTP requests and will perform the
required operations to send the system software to the SpeedTouch™.
8
After checking whether the received system software is valid for the device,
the SpeedTouch™ will start in normal operational mode to complete the
upgrade.
9
Optionally, you can upload the backup configuration as described in
=>software upgrade
I
In BOOTP mode the Power LED is solidly lit red and the Ethernet LED
is flashing green.