Technical data

Quick-Starting Routers
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Connecting a PC or Terminal Console
You make a local terminal connection to your router, using a terminal program on
a PC or a terminal console, to access the router’s Technician Interface. At the
Technician Interface prompt, you enter the commands for the Quick-Start
procedure.
Connecting a PC
To connect a PC to the router:
1.
Set the communications parameters in your terminal-emulation
program.
For example, to set the HyperTerminal program that comes with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95:
a.
From the Start Menu, choose Programs > Accessories >
HyperTerminal.
b.
Double-click on Hypertrm.exe.
c.
In the Connection Description window, enter a name for the
connection and choose an icon for the terminal program to display.
d.
Click on OK.
e.
In the Phone Number window, scroll through the Connect Using Box
and choose the COM port with the cable connection to the router.
This procedure sets up the terminal program to make a direct connection,
instead of a phone connection.
f.
Click on OK.
g.
Choose Settings
>
Communications.
h.
Configure the port settings for your COM port as follows:
• Bits per second = 9600
• Data bits = 8
• Parity = none
• Stop bits = 1
• Flow control = Xon/Xoff