HOWTO setup a TFTP Server on MacOS X for saving the CISCO Router config

Download and install MacPorts from http://www.macports.org

# port -d selfupdate

[verbose output for port update]

# port search tftp

tftp-hpa net/tftp-hpa 0.48 Enhanced port of the BSD TFTP server

# port install tftp-hpa

[output for tftp download/compilation/installation]

The root dir of the TFTP server is /private/tftpboot

# cd /private/tftpboot

# touch router-confg

# chmod 666 router-confg

Lets use the TFTP server from the CISCO Router to same the startup-config

Router# copy start tftp

Address or name of remote host []? 10.10.10.51

Destionation filename []?router-confg

!!

2725 bytes copied in 1.300 secs (2096 bytes/sec)

Router#