User guide

Chapter 2 - Installation, Configuration, Usage
60 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
The Authentication feature
See Authentication in Chapter 3 - Additional Features.
Task 5: Activate the changes
Execute the following command in HyperTerminal to activate the changes:
signal_ras hup
Task 6: Test the configuration
Now you will want to make sure that the ports have been set up properly.
Step 1: Ping the BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server from a DOS prompt.
Open a DOS window, type in the following, and then press Enter:
ping <IP assigned to the BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
by DHCP or you>
An example would be:
ping 192.168.160.10
If you receive a reply, your BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server connection is
OK. If there is no reply see Appendix E - Software Upgrades and Troubleshooting
.
Step 2: Telnet to the server connected to the first port of the BLACK BOX ® Advanced
Console Server.
(This will only work if you selected socket_server as your all.protocol parameter.)
all.protocol For the console server configuration, the possible protocols are:
• socket_server (when telnet is used)
• socket_ssh (when ssh version one or two is used)
• raw_data (to exchange data in transparent mode – similar to
socket_server mode, but without telnet negotiation, breaks to serial
ports, etc.)
An example value would be:
socket_server