Installation with a diskette

Chapter 3. Installing 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module

Now, ﬁnish conﬁguration of the Telecommuting Module from the computer/computers spec- iﬁed in the installation program.

These steps are performed when installing with a diskette:

•Select an IP address and store it on the installation diskette as described below.

•Insert the installation diskette into the Telecommuting Module’s ﬂoppy drive.

•Plug in the power cord and turn the Telecommuting Module on.

•Connect the network cables to the network interfaces.

•Wait while the Telecommuting Module boots up.

•Conﬁgure the rest through a web browser.

You must ﬁrst insert the diskette into your PC. If the PC is running Windows, open a Com- mand window and run the ﬁnst-en script from the diskette. If the PC is running Linux, mount the diskette, change directory to the mounted one, and run the ﬁnst-en script.

Each network interface is marked with a name (1 and 2), which corresponds to a tab under Network Conﬁguration. All eth interfaces belong to ethernet cards and should only be connected using ethernet cables.

Decide which computer(s) are allowed to conﬁgure 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module and enter the name of the network interface to which they are connected, for example, eth0. You must use the physical device name (eth0 and eth1).

Enter the IP address of the Telecommuting Module on this interface and the network mask for the network.

A network mask can be written in two ways in 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module:

•The ﬁrst looks just like an IP address, for example 255.255.192.0 or 255.255.254.0.

•The other way is as a number between 0 and 32. An IP address has 32 bits, where the number of the network mask indicates how many bits are used in the network’s addresses. The rest of the bits identiﬁes the computer on the network.

Now, you can select to deactivate any network interfaces. Select y to deactivate all interfaces but the one you just conﬁgured. The remaining network interfaces can be activated later when you complete the conﬁguration via the web interface from your work station. This only applies to interfaces which was previously active; you can’t activate interfaces with this setting.

Now enter the computer or computers from which the Telecommuting Module may be con- ﬁgured (the conﬁguration computers).

Then enter a password for the Telecommuting Module. This is the password you use in your web browser to access and change the Telecommuting Module’s conﬁguration. Finally, you can reset all other conﬁguration if you want to.

Following is a sample run of the installation program on the diskette.