Ricoh Aficio Copy Machine 180 - Manual (Page 295)

Appendix
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5
Remote Maintenance by Telnet (mshell)
You can view the printer status and configure the network interface board using
telnet.
Note
❒ You should specify a password so that only the network administrator, or a
person having network administrator privileges, can use remote mainte-
nance (mshell).
Operation Flow
The following is a sample procedure in using Telnet.
Limitation
❒ Only one person at a time can be logged on to do remote maintenance.
A
Using the IP address or host name of the printer, start telnet.
% telnet IP_address
Note
❒ In order to use the host name instead of the IP address, you must write it
to the /etc/hosts file.
B
Input the password.
Note
❒ The factory default is “password”.
C
Input a command.
Reference
For information on telnet commands, refer to P.61 “Command List”.
D
Finish telnet.
msh> logout
When the configuration is revised, a confirmation message requests whether
or not the changes should be saved.
E
Input “yes” to save the changes, and press { Enter }.
If you do not want to save the changes, input “no”and press { Enter }. If you
want to make additional changes, input “return” at the command line, and
press {
Enter }.
Note
❒ If the “Can not write NVRAM information” message appears, the changes
are not saved. Repeat the steps above.