[Cisco] How to setup router as a tftp server

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If the below procedure doesn’t work for you, contact vendor/website or IT company for help.

 

This is very useful, especially your active TFTP server down. See detailed procedure below.

1. Check IOS that will be downloaded

Router_1#sh flash

-#- ED —-type—- –crc— -seek– nlen -length- —–date/time—— name

1 .. image 4A6B2161 137B5B8 21 20297016 Jan 11 2000 01:02:28 rsp-jsv-mz.122-13.

2. Activate TFTP server

Router_1#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router_1(config)#tftp-server flash:rsp–jsv-mz.122-13.T16
Router_1(config)#exit

3. Check a connectivity

Router_2#ping 20.20.30.5

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 20.20.30.5, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/6/8 ms

4. Copy IOS from Router_1 to Router_2

Router_2#copy tftp flash
Address or name of remote host []? 20.20.30.6
Source filename []? rsp-jsv-mz.122-13.T16
Destination filename [rsp-jsv-mz.122-13.T16]?
Do you want to over write? [confirm]
Accessing tftp://20.20.30.6/rsp-jsv-mz.122-13.T16…
Loading rsp-jsv-mz.122-13.T16 from 20.20.30.6 (via Serial0/1/0): !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Router_2#