How to Setup and Configure TFTP Server

Installing TFTP Client

The next step would be to install the TFTP Client on the remote or local system. To install the TFTP client, do the following:

1. Go to the Start Menu and open up the Control Panel.
2. Navigate to Programs and features and then on the left-hand side, click ‘Turn Windows features on or off’.
3. Scroll down and locate TFTP Client. Check the box
4. Click OK to install the client.
5. Wait for it to complete.
Remember that this has to be on the system which isn’t running the server.

Transferring Files using TFTP

Finally, after installing the TFTP client and forwarding UDP port 69, you are ready to transfer files remotely or locally. To do this, make sure the server is running and then follow the given instructions:
1. Press Windows Key + R to open Run.
2. Type in ‘cmd’ to open up the command prompt.
3. Before you transfer the files, make sure that the files that you want to send are in the Server Root Directory.
4. Now, if you want to receive a file, you will have to use the GET parameter. In case you want to send a file, you will just have to use the PUT parameter. The command goes as follows:

   Tftp -i [server IP address] [GET or PUT] [path of file]

5. An example would be the following:

   Tftp -i 192.168.10.8 put E:\hello.txt

6. If you want to receive a file, then the command will go as follows:
   Tftp -i 192.168.10.8 get hello.txt