3Com 10014299 manual Command Line, Interface CLI

Command Line Interface (CLI) 19

Figure 12 Run a telnet program

Figure 13 Establish a telnet connection with router

The host name in the above figure is the name or IP address of a router interface of the remote connection.

3 If connection is established, press Enter after the self-test to display the prompt “Username:” and “password:”. Enter the correct username and the password, then enter the system view of the router. If the prompt of Too many users! appears, try to connect later. Usually, there should be no more than five Telnet users at any one time.

4 Enter the command to configure the router or view running status of the router. Enter ? to get help if necessary. For details of specific commands, please refer to

	the following chapters.
	In router configuration via Telnet connection, the Telnet connection will be
	disabled if you change the IP address of the router interface. So please enter the
	new IP address of the router interface at the Telnet client prompt after any
	changes in address, so as to re-establish the connection.
Command Line	The 3Com Router 1.x provides a series of configuration commands for the user to
Interface (CLI)	configure and manage network equipment via command line interface. The
	command line interface can accomplish the following:
	■ Perform local or remote configuration via the console port.
	■ Log in the router through modem dial-up with asynchronous serial port and
	perform remote configuration.
	■ Perform local or remote configuration via Telnet connection
	■ Provide terminal access service.
	■ Configure command hierarchical protection to reject the illegal users.