Farallon Communications R9100 - Manual (Page 49)

Console-Based Management 6-3
Configuring Telnet software
If you are configuring your router using a Telnet session, your computer must be running a Telnet software
program.
■ If you connect a PC with Microsoft Windows, you can use a Windows Telnet application or simply run Telnet
from the Star t menu.
■ If you connect a Macintosh computer, you can use the NCSA Telnet program supplied on the Netopia
R9100 CD. You install NCSA Telnet by simply dragging the application from the CD to your hard disk.
Connecting a console cable to your router
You can per form all of the system configuration activities for your Netopia R9100 through a local serial console
connection using terminal emulation software, such as HyperTerminal provided with Windows95 on the PC, or
ZTerm, included on the Netopia CD, for Macintosh computers.
The Netopia R9100 back panel has a connector labeled “Console” for attaching the Router to either a PC or
Macintosh computer via the serial por t on the computer. (On a Macintosh computer, the serial por t is called the
Modem por t or Printer por t.) This connection lets you use the computer to configure and monitor the Netopia
R9100 via the console screens.
To connect the Netopia R9100 to your computer for serial console communication, use the supplied dual
console cable connector end appropriate to your platform:
■ One DB-9 connector end attaches to a PC.
■ The mini-DIN8 connector end attaches to a Macintosh computer.
■ The DB-9 end of the Console cable attaches to the Netopia R9100’s Console por t.
■ If you connect a PC with Microsoft Windows 95 or NT, you can use the HyperTerminal application bundled
with the operating system.
■ If you connect a Macintosh computer, you can use the ZTerm terminal emulation program on the supplied
Netopia R9100 CD.
Console connection por t
DB-9 (male)
Ethernet
Normal
Auxiliary Console Power Line 1
8
1
1
Uplink
Line 2