RE: Booting a router from a network

From: GS@infosecureltd.com
Date: Tue May 13 2008 - 12:14:24 ART


Hi Carlos
Thanks for that. I'm assuming this will need to be done manually each time?
(I'm being lazy :) )

Regards, Ernst

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Carlos Trujillo
Sent: 13 May 2008 16:00
To: GS@infosecureltd.com
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Booting a router from a network

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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