User guide

Chapter 2 - Installation, Configuration, Usage
46 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
Configuration using Telnet
The BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server comes with DHCP client enabled. If you have a
DHCP Server installed on your LAN, you can skip Step 2 below. If not, the DHCP request will
fail and an IP address pre-configured on the Console server’s Ethernet interface
(192.168.160.10) will be used instead. To access the using telnet:
Step 1: Connect Hub to workstation and BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server.
Your workstation and your BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server must be on the
same physical LAN. Connect one RJ-45 cable from the Ethernet port of the BLACK
BOX ® Advanced Console Server to a spare port from a hub, and another cable from
another spare port of that same hub to the workstation used to manage the servers.
Step 2: If you do not have a DHCP Server in your LAN, add a route pointing to the BLACK
BOX ® Advanced Console Server IP.
From the workstation issue a command to add a route pointing to the network IP
address of the BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server (192.168.160.0) accessed
through the workstation’s Ethernet interface.
For Linux, the command would be:
route add -net 192.168.160.0/24 gw <IP address assigned to
the workstation’s Ethernet interface>
Example: if the workstation has IP address 200.246.93.150 the command would be:
route add -net 192.168.160.0/24 gw 200.246.93.150
For Windows, the command would be:
route add 192.168.160.0 mask 255.255.255.0 <IP address
assigned to the workstation’s Ethernet interface>
Example: if the workstation has IP address 200.246.93.150 the command would be:
route add 192.168.160.0 mask 255.255.255.0 200.246.93.150
Step 3: Telnet to <IP assigned by DHCP Server or 192.168.160.10 if there is no DHCP
Server>.