Connecting through a Telnet Session

5-2 Getting Started Guide

•The System Conﬁguration menus display and permit changing:

•IP Setup

•Filter Sets

•IP Address Serving

•Network Address Translation (NAT)

•Date and Time

•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 4-port ADSL Router can be conﬁgured through the Telnet screens.

Before you can access the Telnet screens, you must have:

•A network connection locally to the router or IP access to the router.

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

Conﬁguring Telnet software

If you are conﬁguring your router using a Telnet session, your computer must be running a Telnet software program.