3Com 5000 manual Startup Router, Setting up Configuration Environment

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3Starting and Configuring the Router 5000

Startup of the

Router 5000

Setting up

Configuration

Environment

You can only configure the router through the console port if it is the first time you use it.

Connecting the router to a console terminal

To set up the local configuration environment, the RJ-45 connector of the console cable needs to be connected to the console port on the router, and the DB-25 or DB-9 connector to the serial interface of a PC.

Setting the parameters for console terminal

Opening the console terminal and setting up a new connection

If the configuration is performed through a PC, the terminal emulator (such as Terminal of Windows 3.1 and HyperTerminal of Windows95/98/NT) should be run on the PC to set up a new connection. Enter a name for the new connection and click <OK>.

Figure 31 Opening the console terminal and setting up a new connection