How to restore PIX 501 config file

[bleujaegel]

I set up Solarwinds' TFTP server and am trying to pull the config file from it to the PIX. I was able to send it from the PIX to a Windows XP computer, but am unable to do the opposite with the config net command. I may have the syntax incorrect, but the command I am trying is: config net 192.168.1.10:configFile. The syntax says configure net <location>:<pathname>. What is the location and pathname supposed to be? I only entered the IP of the TFTP server for location, and the file name as the pathname. I tried the folder and filename as well (config net 192.168.1.10:TFTP\configFile), but only get 'tftp:Timed out attempting to connect'. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be apprectiated!

[gfullage]

The full format is as follows:

configure net 10.1.1.1:/tftp/config/pixconfig

is the IP address of the TFTP server, and is the path to the file on the TFTP server. You won't need if the file is stored in the root directory of where the TFTP server software is pointing.

If you're getting timeout errors then this means the PIX is not getting anything back. If it couldn't find the file you would not get a timeout error. You need to make sure you have IP connectivity and privilege's to read the file, make sure the owner/group and permissions on the file are set correctly so that your TFTP server can read it.

Other than that check the log file of your TFTP server software and see if that gives you any indication on what's going wrong.