TK-IP101 User Guide R1.2 About this manual This User Guide is the complete reference to the TK-IP101, its functional features and usage. The Complete User Guide could be found only on the TK-IP101 Support CD-ROM disc.
TK-IP101 User Guide R1.2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PRIMARY FEATURES .................................................................................................................... 4 General features ............................................................................................................................. 4 TCP/IP remote connection .............
TK-IP101 User Guide R1.2 4.4 DATE & TIME – DATE, TIME, GLOBAL TIME ZONE SUPPORT AND NTP SERVER SYNCHRONIZATION ................................................................................................................................. 49 4.5 VIDEO SERVER – MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS FOR VIDEO SERVERS .................................. 51 4.6 POWER CONTROL – MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS FOR VIDEO SERVERS .............................. 53 4.7 COMPUTERS – MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS FOR VIDEO SERVERS ..............
1 INTRODUCTION The name of TK-IP101 is derived from an acronymic combination from it full name, 1-Port KVM Switch over IP , which well explains the functionality of this powerful machine in itself. Though lightweight in size and compact in form factor, TK-IP101 is nevertheless a heavy-weight in its functional versatility, rock-solid robustness and formidable security.
TK-IP101 Edge of critical Advantage over other remote server management solution The advantages of using TK-IP101, as compared to the conventional software remote control solution is that: The hardware-based remote control solution such as TK-IP101 is able to access the server regardless of the server states while software remote control solution is non-functional while the server is still in the POST or preboot stage or in a “blue screen of death”.
working with those latest update functionalities and features-all within minutes and can be performed across oceans-by a remote SUPERADMIN! Advantages Galore With TK-IP101, the server administrator can access enterprise server room or data center on his own seat without toils and troubles of going anywhere from across the street to oversea.
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Video server ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Support up to 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz resolution 8/16-bit color 3 Video Quality settings 3 Video Compression schemes 8-bit color reduction JPEG Compression option for low bandwidth internet connections Configurable database to set up new or unknown VGA modes Virtually compatible to any KVM Switch through simple configuration Power ON-OFF Control Support ▪ ▪ ▪ Remote power ON-OFF control over serial interface Serial commands configurable to fit all serial power control devices Pow
1.2 System Architecture The TK-IP101 is based on an embedded Linux platform for computing power and rugged stability. The TK-IP101 employs a High speed Processor to ensure excellent video quality and fast keyboard / mouse response across the Internet, even when bandwidth availability is limited.
1.3 TK-IP101 External Views TK-IP101 Front View TK-IP101 Front-panel PS/2 Keyboard port This is where you connect the PS/2 keyboard for local console. PS/2 Mouse port This is where you connect the PS/2 mouse for local console. Console Management Port (RJ-12) This is where you connect the serial console cable for advanced console management of TK-IP101 unit via a serial terminal emulation utility such as Windows HyperTerminal.
TK-IP101 Rear View TK-IP101 Rear Panel PC/KVM port (HDB-15, integrated with PS/2 Keyboard and mouse signals) The PC port connector is where you should connect to either a single PS/2 computer or a single PS/2 KVM Switch, using the 3-in-1 slim KVM cables w/ an integrated HDB15 connector. However, if you are using USB-enabled computer or USB KVM Switch, you should additionally use a USB cable to connect to a USB port on your computer for keyboard/mouse connection.
2 TK-IP101 INTALLATION 2.1 Physical Connections Step 1. Power on the TK-IP101: Connect the TK-IP101 Power adapter and power on TK-IP101. Step 2. Set up a local console on TK-IP101: If a local console (that is a physical keyboard, mouse and monitor connected to the TK-IP101) is required, connect the keyboard and mouse to the TK-IP101 local console ports (that is keyboard, mouse and monitor port specifically). Step 3-a. Single Server Mode: If you need to connect to only one computer/server.
Step 3-b. Multiple Server Mode: If you need to connect to multiple computers/servers, you should use a KVM switch in between the TK-IP101 and your connected computers/servers. Just connect to the PC/KVM port o the console port of your KVM switch using the 3-in-1 Slim KVM combo cable and/or the USB cable (if it is a USB KVM switch) that come with the TK-IP101 packing box. And the KVM switch will in turn be connected to the multiple computers/servers.
3. Uncheck the Move pointer to the default button in dialog box Click OK. Windows 98 Access Control Panel/Mouse. On the Mouse Properties tab, select the Motion page. Under the Pointer Speed category: 1. Adjust the pointer speed slide bar to the slowest (leftmost) position. Click OK. The mouse setting page on different Windows platforms might be quite different, some gives mouse acceleration option and some don’t. If you see any mouse acceleration option, please uncheck it.
2.3 More Tips for Server Desktop Configuration There are several aspects that have to be taken into consideration and maybe configured on your computers or servers for best performance: (1) Resolution modes should refrain from too much peculiarity and better adopt ones that are within TK-IP101’s standard support.
On Windows platforms such as Windows 98, 2000, XP and 2003 Server, some transition effects might yield undesirable video refreshing artifacts, especially when you are using Medium or Low Video Quality as your video filter settings. To avoid undesirable artifacts from appearing on your screen, please turn off the special transition effects. Choose plain and solid server desktop backgrounds for your connected servers.
2.4 Configure TK-IP101 Network Settings Step 1. Connect your TK-IP101 to the Ethernet LAN. The factory default network settings for TK-IP101 are as follows: IP address: 192.168.1.200 Net mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 DNS: 192.168.1.254 Step 2. Access TK-IP101 Web Browser Management interface by typing the following in the address bar of your browser window on a remote client: https://192.168.1.200:5908 Step 3. Then a login prompt will ask you for the account name the password.
Certificate Error in Internet Explorer 7.0 browser. Step 4. Go to the LAN TCP/IP page on the TK-IP101 Browser Management Interface and modify your IP settings. Refer to Section 4.11, LAN TCP/IP – Port and IP Settings. Step 5. Apply the new setting by clicking Apply Settings. Step 6. Verify TK-IP101’s network connection. Connect to TK-IP101 by Web Management Interface using the new IP address.
https://192.168.1.7:5908 Remember that it’s a secure SSL encrypted connection, so you should type “https” instead of the usual “http”. Otherwise, the connection will not be established. 2.5 Configure port base setting for TK-IP101 If you are satisfied with the default port base setting as 5900, you can skip this section. The default port base for TK-IP101 connection is set at 5900.
Click Submit button and Apply Settings button to validate your new setting.
2.6 Configure your firewall/router for accessing TK-IP101 across internet To allow access to the TK-IP101 behind corporate firewall/router, please configure the following settings on your firewall/router (not on your TK-IP101): Step 1. Configure a virtual server on your router: you should configure (or ask your net admin to configure for you!) a virtual server as mapped to the TK-IP101 local IP address. Step 2.
2.7 Install Certificates on TK-IP101 You could use the default set of certificates (could be found on CD-ROM) to practice making some PKI-authenticated connections as long as your network safety is not jeopardized. We advise that it is better to do the practices within your Local Area Network, which is supposed to be well secured with adequate firewall and other due precautions against network intrusions.
Step 3. Click UPLOAD button to upload the root certificate to TK-IP101. After the uploading is completed, you can then see the prompt page for reboot. Click Reboot and wait till TK-IP101 is booted up, then likewise try to import the server.crt and the serverkey.pem. You don’t have to reboot each time when you finish uploading one certificate. You could do one complete reboot at the end when you finish uploading all of them.
2.8 Select a Security Level for Viewer Connection Step 1. Go to the Security page on the TK-IP101 Web management interface and select a viewer connection security level.
Step 2. Go to the Apply Setting page and hit the Apply Setting button to validate your selection. 2.9 Select a User Password Policy Step 1. Select a User Password Policy. TK-IP101 offers three types of password policies On the drop-down combo box, you can select your password policy for viewer connections: No Password Global Password User Password No Password – the viewer will prompt you for no password.
Now your TK-IP101 is ready for a PKI-authenticated plus SSL-encrypted viewer connection! All you have to do is to distribute the followings to you remote connection client: 1. Certifidcates: (as you have obtained from your CA (Certification Authority). They are required only if you select level 3 viewer security) root.crt client_name.p12. (client_name is freely chosen) 2. Certificate password: (as you have obtained from your CA.
3 MAKING A VIEWER CONNECTION The TK-IP101 provides a win32 viewer for Windows clients and a Java viewer for cross-platform on any major operating systems. 3.1 Install Win32 Viewer on the Client Computer Go to the Download page to download the Win32 viewer, winview_install.exe. Install the viewer program on the client computer that will connect to TK-IP101. After installation, a desktop icon will be created on your client desktop. 3.
On some client platforms such as Linux, after you have installed the JRE on your client platform, you have to set the path information in order for the client system to know where the Java compiler program is. 3.
First, you have to have your certificates ready, either on a removable media or you can copy them to your local disk on the client computer. Note that if you copy certificates to your local hard disk, you might need to delete them from your local hard disk after finishing importation, so that others won’t have access to your certificate files. Although the personal client certificate (that is, the client_name1.
Connection details box Click the Options button on the Connection Details dialog box. Win32 Viewer Java Viewer Setting connection options Encoding Internet: Video quality is optimized for viewer connection across internet LAN: High Video Quality for viewer connection over LAN Raw: Best Video Quality with no compression Local Cursor Shape No cursor: local cursor invisible on IP Viewer. Dot: dot shape for local cursor on IP Viewer. Normal: arrow shape for local cursor on IP Viewer.
Using Win32 IP Viewer for Connection First, run the viewer program, enter the access IP and port number for TK-IP101. Default IP address: 192.168.1.
Note that you can simply type in the access IP of TK-IP101 server without specifying its port number only when the port number is default to 5900 IP_address [only if port number is default to 5900] 192.168.1.200 Of course, you can always type IP_address:port_number 192.168.1.200:5900 However, if the port setting on TK-IP101 is already changed to other port number, you have to specify its specific port number following the IP address.
Mouse cursors out of sync Mouse cursors in Sync Local/remote cursor resynchronization hotkey- RCtrl-RCtrl-Home Note that, while operating your mouse, it is not necessary to wait till the remote cursor has actually caught up with the local one before you can click on the target in the view area. Actually, you can click the target just using the local cursor well before your remote cursor catches up the target! 3.
Viewer Window with scroll bars (Win32 viewer) The size of the IP viewer window can be adjusted by dragging the border of the viewer windows. Change the Viewer size to full screen mode Note that only the win32 viewer supports full screen mode. The java viewer does not support full screen mode. Click the IP viewer icon on the title bar of the viewer window to evoke the Quick Menu.
To exit the full-screen mode, just hit Ctrl-Esc to bring up the local task bar. Rightclick the viewer taskbar icon to bring up Quick Menu, then click to deselect the full screen mode to restore it to window mode. Scale the Window Size of your viewer Click the IP viewer icon on the title bar of the viewer window to evoke the Quick Menu.
Centralize your remote server control If you have multiple TK-IP101 units installed in a distributed manner among your global branch offices, you can then simultaneously monitor different remote servers distributed over this TK-IP101 infrastructure on a single client desktop.
3.9 Title Bar Information ServerRoom_TPE: This is the name you specified for your Video Server. Window XP Professional: This is the name you specified for this connected computer 53 ms: This is the capture time that is used for capturing the video image Shared: This is a shared session that allows other authorized user logins OPTIMISING: This indicates that the KVM video server is optimizing the video capture from the server desktop.
Java viewer To bring up the Select Computer Box, click the Viewer Computer List option on the Quick Menu. For the java viewer, the Select Computer Box will not appear by default.
3.11 Viewer Quick Menu The Quick Menu of TK-IP101’s Win32 Viewer can be evoked by clicking the program icon on the left most of the title bar, or right-clicking anywhere on the title bar. For the Java Viewer, Just click the Menu options under the Title Bar to evoke the Quick Menu.
Select computer Select the remote computer by a drop-down combo box View Computer ICONs Open the Select Computer box for computer selection by clicking icons - 37 -
Select Computer Box (Win32 viewer) Adjust Screen Fine-tune the screen area by pixel shifts. Adjust Screen Box (Win32 viewer) Connection options Open the Connection Options dialog box Connection Options dialog Box (Win32 viewer) Connection info Show the Connection information of the viewer session.
Connection Info (Win32 viewer) New connection Make another new connection by the viewer. Save connection options Save the connection options settings such as those connection parameters specified within the Connection Options Box and also the password within the registry of the client computer.
Power-on/off options grayed-out (unavailable for User privilege) Now you have got yourself well familiar with IP viewer interface, so go ahead to use and enjoy the remote viewer connection! 3.12 Java Viewer Characteristics You can perform likewise operations (except full screen) on java viewer. Although the java viewer has slightly different menu arrangement, you should find it as easy to operate on as the win32 viewer interface. 3.
(1) The video filter currently active on TK-IP101 is either set at Medium Quality or Low Quality Level. These two video filter levels are for faster response than the High Quality Level as to increase the response speed over limited bandwidth condition. If your bandwidth allows or you need higher video quality instead of higher speed, just change the video filter from Low to Medium or even to High to increase the video display quality on viewer screen on the remote login client.
please check the option, click Submit button and then go to Apply Settings page to click the Apply Settings button to restart Tk-IP101 with new setting. (2) When the viewer connection is made, select the Adjust Screen option on Viewer’s Quick Menu, and the Adjust Screen dialog box appears. On it, check whether you have Automatic Centering enabled. If it is not yet enabled, please check this option to enable it.
system to be up and running. Then try to make the viewer connection again to see if it is brought back to normal function again. A cold boot of TK-IP101 is always a last resort to bring the TK-IP101 back – just try to disconnect the power adapter form TK-IP101 and wait for sometime (30 seconds) before plugging in again for a cold start over.
4 TK-IP101 UNIT MANAGEMENT OVER A SECURE HTTPS BROWSER CONNECTION TK-IP101’s Web Management interface uses only password authentication to authenticate login user’s identity. After user identity is authenticated (that is, if you have typed in the right user name with a right password in the login prompt…), an SSL-secured browser connection using 256-bit cipher strength is established. 4.
Full access - SUPERADMIN Feature Page Partial access - ADMIN Minimal Access (User privilege) TK-IP101 Browser Management Access Privilege SUPERADMIN ADMIN USER √ √ Viewers √ √ √ × Date & Time √ √ × Video Server √ √ × Power Control √ √ × Computers √ √ × Server Log √ √ × Video Modes √ √ × Alarms √ √ × KVMs √ √ × LAN TCP/IP √ × × WAN PPP √ × × User Status √ × × User Manag.
4.2 Download – Download Programs for Viewers TK-IP101 Viewer Download Page The win32 viewer program supports all the current Windows platforms such as Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, and the java viewer is truly crossplatform for all major Operating Systems including Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc. However, you should install Java Runtime Environment specific for your TK-IP101 client platform before using the Java Viewer.
4.2 Viewer – Video Server Name & Keyboard Type Settings After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Viewer Related Settings Server Name for Viewers Enter the server name you choose and it will appear on the title bar of your TKIP101 Viewer window. Keyboard Layout Choose the keyboard layout for TK-IP101 according to the real keyboard you’ll be using on the remote login client.
Largest Possible Screen Select the largest workable resolution for your display device. 640 x 400 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 TK-IP101 supports up to 1280 x 1024 pixels for resolution. Hot keys The Hot Keys as here specified are the key sequence that precedes the command string and they are to be directed not to your local client PC, nor to your remote server, but to TK-IP101 itself.
4.3 Date & Time – Date, Time, Global Time Zone Support and NTP server synchronization After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Current Date and Time Enter the correct date and time here and click Set Current Date and Time button to set current system time on TK-IP101.
Time Zone Select the Time Zone / Region and City or Town from the available list as seen in the drop down combo boxes. For example: you can choose Australia as your Time zone and Melbourne as your region. Select the Region Zone Select the Time Zone / Region. Select the Town for the Selected Region Specify a Town in the selected Time Zone / Region to be the place you install TKIP101 and synchronize its system time accordingly.
4.4 Video Server – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Default Settings Filter Specify the Video Filter Level for the TK-IP101 video server.
Medium Quality, Medium Speed (Medium Filter): This level is recommended for internet connection to connect to TK-IP101 half a world away across internet with not so ample bandwidth like in LAN for a smooth video performance. This setting may require more bandwidth than the High Speed, Low Video Quality option. This is most often the best speed / bandwidth compromise.
4.5 Power Control – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Power Control Enable the power control via the serial port : Check this option if you want to enable the remote power control over TK-IP101 viewer interface. Power Control device initialization-dialog (chat script style) : Specify a login script for your power control device.
4.6 Computers – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Select the KVM Port Number : Select the target KVM port to which your target computer is connected.
Power Management Power Down Command : Specifies the power down command sent over the serial control port for the additional remote power control unit you connect to the serial control port of TK-IP101, e.g. “/F016\” to power down power bank 01 port 6 with the cascadable power control module such as the TK-RP08; “/F000\” to power off all ports on all bank. To send the power down command to a specific port over the viewer, just switch to that port and evoke the viewer Quick Menu to click Power off Delay (sec.
4.7 Server Log – Logging Server Events After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Each log item in the server log file records a specific server event and is preceded by the date and time it is written and then followed by the description for that specific log event. Enable : Check this option enable the logging of TK-IP101 server events.
4.8 Video Modes – Keeping, Modifying and Augmenting your Video Mode Data Base After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Select a Video Mode: Select a video mode already built in within TK-IP101’s video mode database.
Total Width: specifies the total screen width of the target video mode. Hsync Start: specifies where the horizontal synchronization should start. Screen Height: specifies the screen height of the target video mode. Total Height: specifies the total screen height of the target video mode. Vsync start: specifies where the vertical synchronization should start. To change these parameters, you should follow VESA standard specifications in order for the video capture function of TK-IP101 to work properly.
4.9 Alarms – e-mail Notifications and SNMP Logging Support After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. This Alarms feature should be used in conjunction with TK-IP101’s auto-scanning function, thus TKIP101 can serve as a non-stop server health-monitoring agent. This page pertains to the alarm event notification.
Use comma to separate multiple e-mail entries, for example: Email to: support@Trendnet.net, emma@international.com, joe@netview.co.jp Copy to: charles@unisum.com.tw, daniel@runfast.com, coco@TK-IP101pro.com.au Log SNMP TK-IP101 supports SNMP traps so that it can provides the alarms information to the SNMP manager devices on the network. Primary Manager: Specify the IP address of the Primary SNMP manager device on your network.
The NumLock test is to send a NumLock signal to the computer, and the computer normally should return a response immediately so that the NumLock LED indicator on the keyboard will be lit to indicate the success of the test. The failure of a NumLock test indicates at least a keyboard failure to respond to this NumLock signal, or it might be due to bigger problem such as system failure, or simply a powered-off state.
"The Name of the TK-IP101 unit that generated the trap." ::= { trapInfo 2 } computerNumber OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (1..65535) ACCESS read-only STATUS deprecated DESCRIPTION "the number of the computer that originated the trap." ::= { trapInfo 3 } computerName OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString (SIZE (0..256)) ACCESS read-only STATUS deprecated DESCRIPTION "The Name of the computer that originated the trap." ::= { trapInfo 4 } videoMode OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString (SIZE (0..
4.10 KVMs – Keeping and Adding your KVM Data Base After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Select a KVM Model Select a KVM Switch definition from the drop-down combo box for modification. The KVM Switch definition you select will appear in the Model Name field just below. KVM Model Setting Model Name : This input field shows the KVM model of your selection.
up to a maximum of 4 keys that can be specified for the Escape hot Key sequence. The Escape Hot Key sequence setting allows you to use the port switching hotkeys offered by the conventional KVM switch behind TK-IP101. Normally the Escape hotkey sequence uses only two consecutive strokes. The Escape hotkey sequence is vendor-specific and will vary according to different KVM switch manufacturers.
However, some other command string you will see in the editable area might seem as complex as 0 1 0 1 d(1000) ESC. For example: in the editable area now you have … 0 1 0 1 d(1000) ESC Æ send out ScrollLock–ScrollLock–0-1-0-1, then delay 1000 milliseconds and then send out an Escape key as port switching sequence when clicking 1st icon on the Select Computex Box…..
space between keycode entries. Also you should enter one line of command string per port. To select a port, TK-IP101 generates first the Escape hot key sequence selected above, followed by the port sequence into the line corresponding to the port number. Thus, together with the preceding hotkey sequence, ScrLk – ScrLk, this will make up a complete hotkey command for port selection. To specify the key sequence in this editable text area, you have to enter the keycodes.
4.11 LAN TCP/IP – Port and IP settings After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. TCP/IP Settings TCP Port base : Specify the port base for viewer connection with the TK-IP101 server. You can choose any available port setting starting form the lowest port base alternative of 5900 with an increment of 10 right up to port 6090.
If you are hosting multiple TK-IP101 units within your networking environment and you want to allow external internet access to these multiple TK-IP101 units by using only an external IP together with a set of dedicated port numbers each for a different TK-IP101 unit ….. then, one usual practice is to configure a set of virtual servers on your router so as to map each external access_IP: port_number pair to an internal IP: port number that is assigned to a specific TK-IP101 unit.
4.12 WAN PPP – PPP Server and Client After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. TK-IP101 can either serves as a PPP server for the peer computer to dial-in for connection, or as a PPP client to dial in a PPP server to connect to a network or the Internet. The PPP connection serves as a backup connection mode when direct network connection is not available or just broken down.
Enable TK-IP101 PPP Server for connection request from a peer computer Enable PPP Server : Check this option if you want to enable TK-IP101 as a PPP server, which could accept a peer computer’s PPP connection request either over a direct serial cable connection, or via a dial-in modem connection. PPP Connection over direct serial cable with TK-IP101 as PPP Server To enable TK-IP101 as the PPP server, you should still specify the following settings ….
Password : Here you should specify the password that is used by peer computer. Confirm password : Here type in the same password again for confirmation. Modem Initialization (Chat Script Style) : the modem initialization script is a chat script that will initialize modem to be ready for connection. The standard script provided here by default should be able to work on most of the PPP connection over direct serial cable (Null Modem): TIMEOUT 3600 CLIENT CLIENTSERVER\c PPP Connection TK-IP101 Local IP addres
Modem Initialization (Chat Script Style) : the modem initialization script is a chat script that will initialize modem to be ready for connection. The standard script provided here by default should be able to work on most of the modem: 'ABORT' 'BUSY' 'ABORT' 'ERROR' 'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER' 'ABORT' 'Invalid Login' 'ABORT' 'Login incorrect' '' 'AT&F' 'OK' 'AT%C3\\N3&K3B0N1' 'OK' 'ATD0860922000' 'CONNECT' PPP Connection TK-IP101 Local IP address : When the PPP connection is established, the TK-IP101 local IP ad
4.13 User Status – Show the Currently Connected Users Connected Users : In this field, one can click the Refresh button below and see the currently connected users who are now having viewer connections with TK-IP101. Note that: Only when you have selected your password policy to be User Password policy, will the currently connected users be registered and shown on this page.
4.14 User Management – Manage User Accounts, Radius Accounting and Remote Authentications After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. User Authentication Edit : To edit an existing user account, select a user from the list and then press the Edit button. A Use Edit page appears with the selected user’s User ID (User Name) and User description on it.
If you decide to abandon editing an existing user account, you can always click Cancel to abort and return to the User Management page. New : To add a new user account, just press the New button. A default User page pops up for you to enter the User ID, User Description, Password. After you have completed, click Save to exit. If you decide to abandon the setting, you can always click Cancel to abort and return to the User Management page.
Enable RADIUS Accounting : Check this option, if you want to enable RADIUS accounting support on TK-IP101. Accounting Server : Here you should enter the IP address of the server that offers RADIUS accounting service. Port : Here you should specify the port that is used for Radius accounting. By default, it is set to 1813.
To enable the LDAP Authentication ……. Enable Remote Authentication : Just select LDAP as the Remote Authentication method, and then configure subsequent settings: SSL Access : Check this option if you want to enable SSL access of the LDAP authentication. However, to use this option, you should make sure your LDAP server support SSL and also you have to install a distinct set of certificates – ldapcert.crt and ldapkey.
Enable Remote Authentication : Just select RADIUS as the Remote Authentication method, and then configure subsequent settings: Server : Enter here the IP address of the RADIUS server. Port : Enter here the port number used in RADIUS authentication. By default, it is set to port 1813. Second Server (if any) : If there is a second RADIUS server for authentication, you can enter its IP address here.
4.15 Security – Certificates Installation, Viewer Encryption and Password Policies After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Certificate and Keys (root.crt, server.crt. serverkey.pem, ldapcert.crt, ldapkey.pem) File path : Here you can specify the file path that is directed toward the certificates you are going to install into TK-IP101.
Then click UPLOAD button to upload your certificates, one at a time, to TK-IP101, and the certificate will begin uploading to TK-IP101. After the uploading is completed, you can then see the prompt page for reboot. PKI Authentication for Level 3 security setting You have to upload a set of certificates into TK-IP101: root.crt server.crt serverkey.pem SSL Access for LDAP Authentication Authentications ldapcert.crt ldapkey.
For details, refer to Section 4.14, User Management – Mange User Accounts, Radius Accounting and Remote Authentications. You don’t have to reboot each time when you finish uploading one certificates. You could do one complete reboot at the end when you finish uploading all of them. To return to the previous Security page for uploading another certificate just click its hyperlink on the left frame of the browser window.
No Password – the viewer will prompt you for no password. Anyone who is with the viewer and passes the security level check of the viewer, could well establish the connection. Global Password – the viewer will prompt you for a global password, which is used by all who want to make viewer connections to TK-IP101. User Password – the viewer will prompt you with user-specific password.
4.16 Maintenance – Flash Image Version Information, Software Upgrade, Configuration Backup and Upload Software version Information about the versioning of the linux kernel and Applications are provided here. Linux Kernel: Built on 09/27/05-12:39:09 Applications: Built on 12/02/05-14:00:13 Software Upgrade (kupdate-xx-xx-xx) Generally, the TK-IP101 upgrade file comes with a file name such as kupdate-xx-xxxx, for example, kupdate-17-09-05.
A running progress indicator bar will be running then to indicate the on-going upload process. Depending on the upgrade file size and also the bandwidth availability across the network, file upload time could vary from 1 minute to 20 minutes. When the upload process is complete, TK-IP101 will reboot by itself. Configuration Files (*.
It is wise to backup your configuration files periodically so that you will aCClways be free from risk of being required to configure TK-IP101 anew when you have lost your configuration or when you have to configure another unit of TK-IP101 with the same configuration like one that you have used. To upload the configuration file to TK-IP101 ….. File Path : Just browse to the location of the update file (*.tgz) and then click the UPLOAD button.
The Emergency Reboot button will boot the TK-IP101 system completely from ground level up, and thus will take a longer time than when you hit the Apply Settings button. Thus before making new viewer connections, you should wait at least 1 minute to wait the TK-IP101 system to boot up completely to normal function.
4.17 Apply Settings – Validate New Settings All the new settings you have made could only be committed to TK-IP101’s database by clicking the Submit button on each setting page. However, just clicking the Submit button won’t have these new settings immediately activated. You should Apply Settings so that new settings can be put into use at once. The Apply Setting button will disconnect all current viewer connections.
button on the Maintenance Page. Only bear in mind that The Emergency Reboot is a total reboot and takes longer time to boot up completely. 4.18 Configuration -TK-IP101 to work skwith TK-RP08 The TK-RP08 can be used as a power control accessory for TK-IP101 Swtich, or any other KVM Switch that supports a standard serial power control.
A real connection case of TK-RP08 and TK-IP101 Trendnet KVM back panel Step 2. Make sure that the TK-IP101 and TK-RP08 are powered on. If not, power them up first before proceeding. Next, you should access the TK-IP101 Web management interface to set up the various power control settings…. II. Enable the Power Control Feature on TK-IP101 Web Management Interface Step 3. Access the Web Management Interface of your TK-IP101.
Step 5. Check the Enabled option to activate the remote power control support feature of the back panel serial port of the TK-IP101. Once the Enabled option is checked, a subsequent Power Device Login option will appear for you to decide whether to enter the login script. The TK-RP08 does not require a login script. Hence you don’t have to enter any script. Other options: Simple Users Can Control Power Check this box if you want that simple users be able to power on and power off the computers.
The various settings on this page are KVM port-specific because a computer is first identified by the KVM port it is attached to. Select the target port on which your subsequent settings on this page are directed. You can use the drop-down combo box as well as use the Previous and the Next button to navigate to a specific port. Important Note: when using a power control device, please note that some newer computers will require some BIOS option adjustment to restart when power is coming back.
e.g. If you want to turn off port 3 on bank 1. Then you have to enter: /F013\ Power on command: /Obbp\ O: ON bb: 2-digit bank number on which the target port resides. p: 1-digit target port number. e.g. If you want to turn on port 3 on bank 1. Then you have to enter: /O013\ Delay Here you should specify the delay time between the sending of power-down and power-on commands to complete a power cycling. A power cycling is processed only if you have selected Restart Computer into the Alarm page.
Step 7-2. Access the Viewer Quick Menu by clicking on the title bar of the viewer window. Step 7-3. To power on or power off a specific computer desktop of your choice, you need only to select the Power On /Power Off option on the Viewer Quick Menu.
Now you can use the Viewe Quick Menu to perform power on / power off command remotely across internet by using the TK-IP101 together with an TK-RP08. Likewise, if you are using any other IP KVM switch that supports serial interface, then you can configure it according to its manual instructions.
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