User's Manual

When To Use the Configuration Editor
Hewlett-Packard recommends that in most configuring situations you
use Quick Configuration first. Then, if necessary, use the Configuration
Editor to enter any additional configuration changes needed to optimize
the router for more efficient operation or to customize it for complex
routing situations. For example, you will need to use the Configuration
Editor for parameters in the following areas:
OSPF
V.25 bis
XNS
filters
static routes
adjacent hosts
timers
the internal clock (for WANs)
You can enter the Configuration Editor from the Main menu (page 3-6).
But if you are already in Quick Configuration, you can save time by
using the / m hotkey combination to enter the Configuration Editor, then
reboot as you exit from Quick Configuration.
Interacting with the Configuration Editor. The Quick Configuration
utility is a fast way to access a small subset of the complete parameter
set you can access by using the Configuration Editor. Thus, you can use
the Quick Configuration utility any time you want to add to or change
the parameter settings it covers. (To simply display the contents of
Quick Configuration, you can use the NCL Summary command —page
7-9.) When you change parameter values in Quick Configuration and
then reboot the router, these changes overwrite any earlier configuring
of the same values by the Configuration Editor. Similarly, when you
change parameter values in the Configuration Editor that affect the
parameter set accessed by Quick Configuration, and then reboot the
router, these changes will overwrite any earlier configuring of the same
values by Quick Configuration.
Quick
Configuration
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How To Use Quick Configuration
Operating Notes
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