How To Fix This Cisco Switch/Router Error %Error opening tftp

%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/network-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/cisconet.cfg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/router-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/ciscortr.cfg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/network-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/cisconet.cfg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/router-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/ciscortr.cfg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/network-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/cisconet.cfg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/router-confg (Permission denied)
%Error opening tftp://10.0.2.2/ciscortr.cfg (Permission denied)


After the first boot and config of a static IP you may get this instead (Timed out):

%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)

These Cisco devices try to get various configs to save you time by assuming that the default gateway on the LAN is a tftp server that might provide these files.  If that's not the case it is annoying to use the console as you will end up waiting for those timeouts.

Just enter config mode to solve the tftp Error Opening tftp

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conf t


no service config


exit

After this you won't get those tftp errors

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