Troubleshoot TFTP

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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

TFTP Client in Windows.png




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

TFTP Windows Firewall.png


Permissions

Check permissions on /tftpboot directory by using:

ls -ld /tftpboot

Check permissions on files in /tftpboot directory by using:

ls -ld /tftpboot/*.*

Set permissions to allow everyone full access to /tftpboot and all contents:

chmod -R 777 /tftpboot

See example permissions below:

TFTP Permissions.png