To download the file to the Cisco device I use the command: All I have to do is connect up (username/password) to my server IP address. This allows me to upload the file to my server very easily. To upload files to the server, I use WINSCP ( ). An easier solution is to have any standard SSH server (Linux, Unix) and copy the files to and from the server. Doing so, I found TFTP or evening having a TFTP server problematic. Typically I am having to upload files a Cisco device across the Internet.