Troubleshoot TFTP

Testing TFTP

Create a file named test.txt with some content in /tftpboot path of the tftp server

sudo echo "Is my TFTP service working?" > /tftpboot/test.txt

Try to get the file with Linux:

tftp x.x.x.x
tftp> get test.txt
//Sent 159 bytes in 0.0 seconds
tftp> quit
cat test.txt

Try to get the file with Windows:

tftp x.x.x.x get test.txt

Troubleshooting TFTP

To test from windows, TFTP Client must be installed and the Firewall must allow traffic through port 69.

Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows Features on or off -> TFTP Client

Checking/verifying Firewall

Disable & Stop Firewall in Fedora 21

systemctl disable firewalld.service

systemctl stop firewalld.service

Can be undone with "start" and "enable".

Check Firewall in Fedora 21

systemctl status firewalld.service

Check Firewall in Debian/Ubuntu

sudo iptables -L

If disabled, the output should look like this:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination 

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination 

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Temporarily disable windows firewall so TFTP is allowed: