Verify with a ping the connection between the Gateworks SBC and TFTP server.Verify the TFTP server is running on the Linux Desktop / Server.USB Ethernet most likely is not configured, and thus the message simply says 'it needs to be set'. If there is anything wrong with the ethernet, it then tries to move to USB Ethernet. It is possible to see the message below:ĮRROR: Need valid 'usbnet_devaddr' to be set.If your server is not starting, Gateworks encourages you to leverage the internet and google search regarding atftpd to get it up and running properly. To confirm the service is ps -aef | grep atftpd OPTIONS='-tftpd-timeout 300 -retry-timeout 5 -port=69 -maxthread 100 -verbose=7 /tftpboot' Modify the config file (/etc/default/atftpd) to below (where /tftpboot is the directory where files are placed, this can be changed to anything.): Root 20566 1 0 2014 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -listen -user tftp -address 0.0.0.0:69 -secure /tftpbootĪ common TFTP server Gateworks has used is atftpd (example shown on Ubuntu 12.10) Tftpd-hpa start/running, process ps -aef | grep tftp Sudo chown -R nobody /var/www/html/tftpboot Modify the config file for the TFTP server software (/etc/default/tftpd-hpa) and set the directory to anything where you would like to host the files (example /var/www/html/tftpboot)īe sure the tftpboot directory has modified permissions and ownership: Install the software on a Linux Desktop machine: Here are a few tutorials that may help with setting up a Linux TFTP Server.

May be necessary to go into tftpd64 and set the “Use anticipation window” to 65535 Bytes.Please note, you will also need to turn off your Windows firewall or security program to allow access to the TFTP server.Additionally, copy the needed files to your local TFTP32 directory (or whatever directory the TFTP server uses).

This program is an open source TFTP server which can be downloaded from: If you are using a Windows machine you will need to install a TFTP server program such as TFTP32.EXE by Philippe Jounin. Please use google to search around on instructions!. A TFTP server is required for many steps involving gateworks boards.

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