Solarwinds Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server is a free TFTP Server product from Solarwinds. After the installation of Solarwinds Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server in a computer, you need to configure it to backup IOS and configuration files of Cisco Routers and Switches.
Follow these steps to configure Solarwinds Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server
1, Make sure that the computer on which Solarwinds Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server is on the same network and the TCP/IP settings of the computer is on the same network where the router interface is connected. In our environment, the IP Address of the fa0/0 interface 192.168.1.1/24.
If you want to configure the IP address for the routers fa0/0 interface, follow these steps.
hour4khmer.R1>enable
hour4khmer.R1#configure terminal
hour4khmer.R1(config)#interface fa0/0
hour4khmer.R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
hour4khmer.R1(config-if)#no shutdown
hour4khmer.R1(config-if)#exit
hour4khmer.R1(config)#exit
hour4khmer.R1#
To configure TCP/IP settings of the computer similar as below. Here the IP address of the computer where Solarwinds Trivial File Transfer (TFTP) Server installed is 192.168.1.10/24.
Test the connectivity by pinging to the router.