From 28cb9375846b4f072f80536549713a6bc8fcf298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:25:46 +0200 Subject: Update for TFTP using a fixed UDP port Use the approved environment variable names. Added "tftpdstp" to allow ports other than 69 per Tolunay Orkun's recommendation. Patch by Jerry Van Baren, 12 Jan 2005 --- README | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 3b36e50e11d..9c3ff3844e6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1490,12 +1490,16 @@ The following options need to be configured: - TFTP Fixed UDP Port: CONFIG_TFTP_PORT - If this is defined, the environment variable tftpport + If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. - If tftpport isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port + If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port number generator is used. - The purpose for this is to allow a TFTP server to + Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply + the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't + defined, the normal port 69 is used. + + The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing @@ -2468,9 +2472,12 @@ Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: Useful on scripts which control the retry operation themselves. - tftpport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's + tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP source port. + tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP + destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69. + vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q VLAN tagged frames. -- cgit v1.2.3