Re: Booting a router from a network

From: Carlos Trujillo (carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 13 2008 - 12:00:20 ART


I know a different process: downloading the imagia via tftpdnd but storing
them to run in the ram, check this link for more info:

http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/tftpdnld.htm

2008/5/13, GS@infosecureltd.com <GS@infosecureltd.com>:
>
> Hi
> I'm using 2600 (not xm's) for my backbone routers (in the my lab) but the
> only way I can load the correct image onto the device is by booting it off
> the network over an Ethernet link. Now I'm assuming I need to take the
> following steps to achieve this:
> 1) Assign an IP address through DHCP to the router. I assuming that
> this step is required as it needs to load the image before running the
> config file. Thus no IP address would have been configured.
> 2) Download the image via TFTP
>
> Firstly am I correct with the above steps? Secondly can someone tell me or
> direct me to some documentation on how to do this please. Also I'm open to
> other suggestions on better ways of achieving this. I'm a bit to skint to
> go
> and buy higher end routers just for my backbone (in the lab) routers.
>
> Thanks in advance and apologies if this has been discussed before.
>
> Regards, Ernst
>
>
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