On Saturday 05 May 2012 05:32:54 Stroller wrote: > On 5 May 2012, at 03:39, James wrote: > > … > > #copy running-config [http | https] <url> > > > > … > > The I could just issue this command? > > The question mark terminating this statement seems dubious. > > This appears to be a feature of Cisco routers. > > http://stack.nil.com/C1256F0A00429755/html/webupload/ > > > copy running-config http://10.10.10.<laptop web server IP> > > > > It should work and it's simple. What would be > > some recommendations as to which minimal web server > > I could run on a laptop (simple and small) to > > just backup various router configs to? > > www-servers/lighttpd is famously small and on my system all its > dependencies are already installed. It has a USE=minimal flag you might > also try, for fewer calories. > > As a matter of practice I would not leave any webserver running on my > laptop, or even installed, for longer than necessary. I would prefer to > have a home or office webserver to which I could transfer these files and > from which the router can obtain them. Rationally, I have no idea why I > imagine one site to be more secure than the other. > > Consider this installation-free alternative: > http://www.google.co.uk/searchq=one+line+python+web+server
Other alternatives are boa, thttpd, nginx. You can also run netcat as 'nc -l -p 80 > backup_20120418.cfg' and then run the copy command from the router. -- Regards, Mick
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