Netopia Firmware 4000-Series - Manual (Page 14)

1-4 Firmware User Guide
Connecting through a Telnet Session
Features of the Netopia Firmware Version 5.4 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 may have a direct serial console cable connection using a provided console cable and
the Console por t on the back of the router. Some models do not have a console por t. For more information on
attaching the console cable, see “Connecting a Console Cable to your Equipment” on page 1-5 .
■ Telnet software installed on the computer you will use to configure the router
Configuring Telnet software
If you are configuring your device 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 CD.
You install NCSA Telnet by simply dragging the application from the CD to your hard disk. Mac OS X users
can run Telnet in the Terminal application, found in the Mac OS X Utilities folder.