How can I modify the tftp timeout?

[Ali_Askari]

I'd like to test if a tFTP server is up and if it's up I'm downloading some scripts on to the switch. Right now I'm trying to download a dummy file from the tFTP server using this command

tftp get serverIP dummyFile.xsf

if the tftp server is up, I get a reply very fast that the file is not available. But if the server is down the timeout for the tftp command is 60 seconds. It is very long in my application. I'd like to decrease it to 5-6 seconds. Is this possible?

Is there any other method to find out if the server is up or not?

EDIT:

BTW, I've tried to ping the tFTP server but even when it's up I get this errPacket transmit error: Packet transmit error; Destination unreachable

[BrandonC]

Hi Ali,

When you try to ping the TFTP server, are you using vr-default or vr-mgmt? In EXOS 'ping' defaults to vr-default, while tftp defaults to 'vr-mgmt'. I would suggest specifying vr-mgmt when you ping to see if that gets what you want.

ping vr vr-mgmt
-Brandon

[Ali_Askari]

Thanks Brandon. It is working now. But the problem is that I'm running the tFTP server on a Windows machine and right now even if the server is not up I get a reply to ping requests.

Can I modify the tFTP timeout?