Connecting through a Telnet Session

5-26 Getting Started Guide

may be using the router to connect to more than one service provider or remote site.

■The System Conﬁguration menus display and permit changing:

■IP Setup

■Filter Sets

■IP Address Serving

■Network Address Translation (NAT)

■Date and Time

■Console Conﬁguration

■SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

■Security

■Upgrade Feature Set

■Change Device to a Bridge

■Logging

■The Utilities & Diagnostics menus provide a selection of seven tools for monitoring and diagnosing the router's behavior, as well as for updating the ﬁrmware and rebooting the system.

■The Statistics & Logs menus display nine sets of tables and device logs that show information about your router, your network, and their history.

■The Quick Menus screen is a shortcut entry point to 22 of the most commonly used conﬁguration menus that are accessed through the other menu entry points.

■The Quick View menu displays at a glance current real-time operating information about your router.

Features of the Netopia 4652 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 can have a direct serial console cable connection using the provided console cable for your platform (PC or Macintosh) and the Console port on the back of the router. For more information on attaching the console cable, see “Connecting a Console Cable to Your Router” on page 5-27.

■Telnet software installed on the computer you will use to conﬁgure the router