Using TFTP to Download Files from Other Devices

You can run the tftp command to download files from a remote server to the local device.

Context

A virtual private network (VPN) is connected to remote devices or terminals over the Internet. After a TFTP session is established, you can specify vpn-instance-name in the tftp command to connect to a remote TFTP server.

To download a file, the TFTP client sends a read request to the TFTP server. After receiving data, the TFTP client sends an acknowledgement message to the server.

Perform one of the following operations based on the IP address type of the server:

Procedure

Run tftp [ -a source-ip-address | -i interface-type interface-number ] host-ip-address [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name | public-net ] get source-filename [ destination-filename ]
A file is downloaded using TFTP.

The interface type specified by interface-type must be loopback.
Run tftp ipv6 [ -a source-ipv6-address ] tftp-server-ipv6 [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name | public-net ] [ -oi interface-type interface-number ] get source-filename [ destination-filename ]
TFTP is used to download files.