Bay Technical Associates RM356 - Manual (Page 42)

Reference Guide for the Model RM356 Modem Router
2-10 Router Installation and Connection
Connecting Through a Telnet Connection
You can access the built-in Manager interface by a Telnet call from any TCP/IP workstation on the
LAN or the remote network. In order to use the Telnet Protocol, you must know the current IP
address of the router. If the router has no IP address, you must first use a serial connection or the
FirstGear utility to assign an IP address. The router ships with an address of 192.168.0.1.
To make a Telnet connection from the LAN, you must make sure that the router and workstation
are connected to the LAN and you must set up your workstation to enable it to reach the IP address
of the router by doing one of the following:
• Set your workstation to an IP address on the currently programmed subnet of the router.
• Add a route to the static routing table of the workstation to indicate that the router can be
reached through the local LAN port.
When using Telnet, consider the following:
• Single administrator
To prevent confusion and discrepancy on the configuration, the router allows only one
terminal connection at any time. The router also gives priority to the serial RS-232 connection
over Telnet. If you have already connected to the router through Telnet, you will be logged out
if another user then connects through the RS-232 cable. You can use a Telnet connection only
after the other administrator has disconnected.
• System timeout
When you are connected to the router through Telnet, there is a system timeout of 5 minutes
(300 seconds). If you are not configuring the device and leave it inactive for this timeout
period, then the router automatically disconnects you.
Note: If you change the LAN IP address of the router while connected through Telnet,
you lose the Telnet session. You must then open a new Telnet connection to the new IP
address and log in again.