Reference Guide

6-2 User’s Reference Guide

■ The System Conﬁguration menus display and permit changing:

■ Network protocols setup. See “IP Setup” on page 10-1, “IPX Setup” on page 12-1, and “AppleTalk

Setup” on page 13-1.

■ Filter sets (ﬁrewalls). See “Security” on page 16-1.

■ IP address serving. See “IP address serving” on page 10-11.

■ Date and time. See “Date and time” on page 8-24.

■ Console conﬁguration. See “Connecting a Console Cable to your Router” on page 6-3.

■ SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). See “SNMP” on page 14-12.

■ Security. See “Security” on page 16-1.

■ Upgrade feature set. See “Upgrade feature set” on page 8-26.

■ Logging. See “Monitoring Tools” on page 14-1.

■ The Utilities & Diagnostics menus provide a selection of tools for monitoring and diagnosing the router's

behavior, as well as for updating the ﬁrmware and rebooting the system. See “Utilities and Diagnostics” on

page 17-1 for detailed information.

■ The Statistics & Logs menus display several sets of tables and device logs that show information about

your router, your network, and their history. See “Statistics & Logs” on page 14-4 for detailed information.

■ The Quick Menus screen is a shortcut entry point to the most commonly used conﬁguration menus that

are accessed through the other menu entry points.

■ The Quick View menu displays at-a-glance current real-time operating information about your router. See

“Quick View status overview” on page 14-1 for detailed information.

Connecting through a Telnet Session

Features of the Netopia R6000 Series can be conﬁgured through the console screens.

Before you can access the console screens through Telnet, you must have:

■ A network connection locally to the router or IP access to the router.

Note: Alternatively, you can have a direct serial console cable connection using the provided console cable

for your computer and the Console port on the back of the router. For more information on attaching the

console cable, see “Connecting a Console Cable to your Router” on page 6-3.

■ Telnet software installed on the computer you will use to conﬁgure the router

Note: For detailed instructions on telnetting to the router, see Appendix A, “Troubleshooting,” for more

information.