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MNByChoice ,

Is tftp used for anything other than booting disk images?

vettnerk ,

While that is a very common use case (bootp), I’ve ran across a lot of hardware that use it for config upload and download:

  • To upload a config to an industrial grade Garettcom switch you need to use tftp. Same goes for firmware updates and config backups.
  • This Cisco phone I was battling with once tried to download a config vea TFTP feom its DHCP server, assuming its DHCP server was part of the SIP infrastructure. The above mechanism was also used successfully by some other proprietary hardware built inhouse for firmware updates.
Bishma , (edited )
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In the last 10+ years I’ve only used TFTP with Cisco network appliances.

I’ll never stop being fascinated by the niches that some tech is able to find.

leprasmurf OP ,

I’ve only really used it for net boot (netboot.xyz) myself. Maybe OOB back in the day with some iLo shenanigans, but otherwise I stock with rsync.

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