TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a very simple file transfer protocol for reading or writing files. It enables the easy transfer of files to other devices over the network. Other features such as those of the much more powerful FTP (e.g. rights assignment via chmod, display of existing files, user authentication) are not implemented.
LANconfig gives you the option to communicate with the device via TFTP. However, operating it is no different from using the other communication protocols. This chapter addresses alternative TFTP programs available for device communication.
Many Windows and Linux operating systems feature a command-line based TFTP client by default. In Windows 7 and later, however, the TFTP client needs to be activated first. Other clients are available, such as the free TFTP client-server application Tftpd32. Set the port to the default value 69. The block size for data packets can be found in the parameter Bytes-per-hashmark in the setup menu of the device (normally 8192).
