14             TFTP (Pro Edition)

The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) as specified in RFC 1350 provides means to transfer files over an IP network with very little protocol overhead. Files can be transferred to a remote TFTP server (PUT) or retrieved from a remote server to a local file (GET).

MIB Explorer can provide a TFTP server and client which are described in the following sections.

14.1            TFTP Client

To put a file on a TFTP server

1.   Select the TFTP tab from the main window's Tools panel.

2.   Select/configure the target which represents IP address of the remote TFTP server.

3.   Choose the local file to be transferred by pressing the Choose button. You could also drag&drop a file from a file explorer to the local file text field.

4.   Enter the remote file name or drag&drop a MIB instance containing a file name string from the MIB tree.

5.   Press the Put button to transfer the local file to the specified remote file using binary transfer mode. The bytes transferred so far as well as encountered errors are displayed in the status bar.  

To get a file from a TFTP server

1.   Select the TFTP tab from the main window's Tools panel.

2.   Select/configure the target which represents IP address of the remote TFTP server.

3.   Choose the local file for the transferred data by pressing the Choose button. You could also drag&drop a file from a file explorer to the local file text field. Please note that the local file is overwritten by pressing the Get button in step 5.

4.   Enter the remote file name or drag&drop a MIB instance containing a file name string from the MIB tree.

5.   Press the Get button to transfer the remote file to the specified local file which will be overwritten. The bytes transferred so far as well as encountered errors are displayed in the Status Bar. 

14.2            TFTP Server

A TFTP server is a non-secure (no password required to login) trivial file server. It should not be run unattended. It can be used to transfer BULK data such as system dumps from or to a (SNMP) device.

To start a TFTP server

1.   Select the TFTP tab from the main window's Tools panel.

2.   Use Choose from the TFTP Server area of the TFTP pane to specify a directory that contains the file(s) to be served by the TFTP server. Files in the specified directory and below.

3.   Specify the UDP TFTP Port that should be used by the TFTP server. The default port is 69.

4.   Press the Start button to start the TFTP server.

To stop a TFTP server

1.   Select the TFTP tab from the main window's tools panel.

2.   Press the Stop button in the TFTP Server area of the TFTP pane to stop the TFTP server.