2610 and TFTP-Server

[tfrench01]

This is a newbie question..

trying to get tftp server to work from the 2610.

I have a pix515 that stores configs ok, on a tftp server.

I tried to use the following command to setup the tftp in the 2610.

tftp-server 192.168.5.23

Then i get a warning

Warning:flash:192.168.5.23 does not exist. command retained.

What does this mean, i want to write the current config, and then reload it if needed.

Am i using the wrong commands for the 2610.?

Thanks

[a.awan]

The command you are trying to use is meant to setup the 2610 as a TFTP Server itself. This allows the 2610 to serve an IOS image or another file located in the flash (or another file system) to a tftp client requesting the file. The reason it is giving an error is because it is expecting a filename after the tftp-server command and it interprets the IP Address as a filename and tries to locate that in the flash but there is nothing in the flash with that name.

If your intention is to store the router's configuration to a tftp server then use the following command:

Router# copy startup-config tftp

(Note the config mode)

Once you run the command it will ask you the ip address of the tftp server and you should be good from there onwards.