Allied Telesis AR300 SERIES ROUTER - Manual (Page 6)

6 A R 3 0 0 R O U T E R Q U I C K S T A R T G U I D E
This section describes how to connect the AR300 router to
different physical devices and networks. Before you start, you
should be aware that the AR300 Series router refers to its
physical interfaces as ports and these are numbered, starting at
0. For example, eth0 is the first Ethernet port and voice2 is the
third voice port.
USING WINDOWS TERMINAL OR WINDOWS
HYPERTERMINAL AS THE CONSOLE
You can use a PC running terminal emulation software as the
manager console, instead of a terminal. There are many terminal
emulation applications available for the PC, but the most readily
available are the Terminal and HyperTerminal applications
included in Microsoft
® Windows™ 3.1 and Windows 95,
respectively. In a normal Windows™ installation Terminal is
located in the Accessories group. In Windows 95 HyperTerminal
is located in the Start > Programs > Accessories menu.
The key to using terminal emulation software successfully with
the AR300 router is to configure the communications
parameters in the terminal emulation software to match the
default settings of the console port on the router. The following
procedures describe how to configure Windows™ Terminal and
HyperTerminal for the default console port settings on the
AR300 router, but the same principles apply to other terminal
emulation programs.
To configure Windows™ Terminal, follow these steps:
1 In Windows 3.1, double-click the Terminal icon in the
Accessories group in Program manager.
2 Select “Communications” from the Settings menu. The
Communications dialog box is displayed.
Set “Baud Rate” to 9600, “Data Bits” to 8, “Stop Bits” to 1,
“Parity” to None, “Flow Control” to Hardware and
“Connector” to the COM port on the PC used to connect to
the router. Uncheck the “Parity Check” and “Carrier Detect”
checkboxes. Click “OK” to accept the new settings and close
the dialog box.
3 Select “Terminal Emulation” from the Settings menu. In the
Terminal Emulation dialog box check “DEC VT-100 (ANSI)” and
click “OK”.
4 Select “Terminal Preferences” from the Settings menu. In the
Terminal Preferences dialog box uncheck “Local Echo”, “CR ->
CR/LF”, and “Use Function, Arrow, and Ctrl Keys for Windows”.
Set other parameters as required, then click “OK”.
Getting Connected