User's Manual

Configuration Tools in the Main Menu
Quick Configuration: (Main Menu item number 6) queries you only
for the configuration parameters most commonly required to get
started. It provides help for each question and displays a table track-
ing your current settings, all on one screen. (If your network design
requires that you customize parameters others than those in Quick
Configuration, then you can use the full Configuration Editor.) To
use Quick Configuration, refer to chapter 3, ‘‘How To Use Quick
Configuration To Create or Change a Minimal Configuration’’.
Configuration Editor: (Main Menu item number 3) uses a structured
series of menus, screens, and prompts that lead logically through all
the parameters you may customize for your HP router. The Configu-
ration Editor gives you more flexibility and many more parameters
than are available in Quick Configuration. Refer to chapter 4, ‘‘How
To Use the Configuration Editor To Create or Change a Configura-
tion’’.
Interaction Between the Configuration Tools
Quick Configuration accesses a group of parameters that forms a subset
of the parameters accessed by the Configuration Editor.
That is, Quick Configuration and the Configuration Editor provide two
different ways to access the same router configuration. Thus, if you
change a parameter value such as an IP address in Quick Configuration,
then reboot the router, the new IP address will automatically map to the
Configuration Editor as well. Similarly, if you change any parameters in
the Configuration Editor that are also accessed from Quick
Configuration, then reboot the router, the changes will automatically
map to Quick Configuration.
Overview
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Overview of Initializing and Verifying Router Software
Overview of Methods for Creating or Modifying a Configuration
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