TFTP Address 7

[lewerke]

Hi all, I'm looking for a good TFTP server out there to back my IOS up to, and possibly retrieve an updated one....any ideas?

 

[ChrisAC]

Windows or Linux/Unix?

On Windows I use Pumpkin. I also have a TFTP server running on a Linux box.

Chris.

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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[ChrisAC]

http://kin.klever.net/pumpkin/

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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[lewerke]

Hey Chris, thanks a mil! So I can just use "Pumpkin", I don't need to enter the actual IP address? And yes, Win 2k, by the way...

 

[lgarner]

You still need to tell the router where the TFTP server is. A hostname should work, if the router can resolve it. I've always used the IP address.

 

[lambent]

tftpd32 is also a good choice

 

[robertjo24]

SolarWinds has a free TFTP server that works pretty well.
I have used both Pumpkin and SolarWinds and like them both.

 

[eurobadger]

Hi

3Com have a free combined tftp and ftp server on their website, very useful if you want to move IOS files bigger than 16MB.


EB

 

[daveward]

I use Cisco's TFTP server which can be downloaded from their own website. Very eay to use and set up.

 

[JOAMON]

Cisco's TFTP server does not work well with Windows XP. Cisco no longer provides this program. Quote from there site:

The Microsoft (r) Windows (r) based TFTP server previously provided by Cisco Systems has been discontinued and is no longer supported by Cisco Systems. This software suffers from a security bug described in (

http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2886).

Persons still using the server should consider replacing it with any of the high quality freeware and shareware TFTP servers. As a historical note, the Cisco TFTP server was released to customers in 1995 and at a time when no other freely available TFTP servers existed.

Today, there are many TFTP servers available, can be easily found by searching for "tftp server" on your favorite internet search engine. Cisco does not specifically recommend any particular TFTP implementation.

It is also useful to note that modern versions of IOS also support the use of FTP instead of TFTP for loading of images or configuration files. Use of FTP overcomes a number of inherent limitations of TFTP including a lack of security and a 16 megabyte file size limitation.