User`s guide

Contents 3
Chapter 1 Introduction
Digi Passport™ Model Support............................................................................11
Feature Overview.................................................................................................11
Feature Summary.................................................................................................12
Discovering and Configuring the Digi Passport unit.............................................14
Configuration User Interface Options for Digi Passport .......................................15
Web Interface ............................................................................................... 15
Configuration Menu ...................................................................................... 16
Command Line Interface .............................................................................. 17
SNMP ........................................................................................................... 17
Users and User Groups........................................................................................18
Root and Admin Usernames and Passwords ............................................... 18
Adding Port Administrators and Users ......................................................... 18
User Groups ................................................................................................. 18
Access Lists ................................................................................................. 18
Options for Accessing the Digi Passport Ports.....................................................19
Web Interface Access Menu ........................................................................ 19
Port Access Menu ........................................................................................ 21
Direct Port Access ........................................................................................ 22
Custom Menus ............................................................................................. 22
Port Escape Menu ........................................................................................ 23
Automatic Device Recognition .............................................................................24
Locator LEDs........................................................................................................24
Enable Locator LEDs ................................................................................... 24
Turn Off Locator LEDs ................................................................................. 24
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Assign IP Settings from the Console Port ............................................................25
Access the Web interface.....................................................................................27
Home Page for Web Interface..............................................................................27
Saving and Applying Changes in the Web interface ............................................28
Serial Port Connection Page: Manage and Control Connections ........................29
Configure Access to Digi Passport via SSH.........................................................31
Configure the Port Access Menu for SSH .................................................... 31
Configure a Port for SSH .............................................................................. 32
Configure Access to Digi Passport via PPP.........................................................33
Configure PPP from the Passport Web Interface ......................................... 33
Configure PPP from the Windows XP Interface ........................................... 34
Configure PPP from a Linux Client ............................................................... 35
Set PPP Host Mode for a Serial Port ........................................................... 35
User Administration..............................................................................................36
Required Privileges for User Administration ................................................. 36
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