3Com Version 4.3 Turning off a Telecommuting Module

Chapter2. Installing 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module

Staticrouting:

Thenetwork allowed to conﬁgure from is not on a network local to this

unit.You must conﬁgure a static route to it. Give the

IPaddress of the router on the network this unit is on.

TheIP address of the router [0.0.0.0]: 10.47.3.1

Networkaddress [10.47.0.0]: 10.10.0.0

Netmask[255.255.255.0]:

Thenenter a password.

Password[]:

Finally,you are asked if you want to reset other conﬁguration.

Otherconﬁguration

Doyou want to reset the rest of the conﬁguration? (y/n) [n]

Ifyou answer n, nothing is removed. If you answer y, you have three alternatives to select from:

1.Clear as little as possible. This is the alternative that is used if you answer nto the question above. Both the

preliminaryand the permanent conﬁgurations will be updated with the conﬁguration speciﬁed above.

2.Revert to the factory conﬁguration and then apply the conﬁguration speciﬁed above. This will affect the

permanentbut not the preliminary conﬁguration.

3.Revert to the factory conﬁguration and empty all logs and then apply the conﬁguration speciﬁed above. Both

thepreliminary and the permanent conﬁgurations will be affected.

Selectthe update mode, which is what you want to remove.

Updatemode (1-3) [1]:

Allconﬁguration is now complete. The installation program shows the conﬁguration and asks if it is correct.

yessaves the conﬁguration.

noruns the installation program over again.

abortends the installation program without saving.

Now,eject the diskette from your PC and insert it into the Telecommuting Module’s ﬂoppy drive.Then power up

theTelecommuting Module and wait for it to boot. Then, ﬁnish conﬁguration of the Telecommuting Module from

thecomputer/computers speciﬁed in the installation program.

Notethat the diskette contains a command to erase certain parts of the conﬁguration during boot when the

disketteis inserted. Make sure to eject it once the Telecommuting Module has booted up to avoid future loss of

data.

Ifyou happen to forget the administrator password for the Telecommuting Module, you can insert the diskette into

theTelecommuting Module again and boot it. Note that if you selected anything but 1 as the update mode, you will

loseconﬁguration when doing this.

Turning off a Telecommuting Module

Backupthe Telecommuting Module conﬁguration (just in case something should happen). You do this on the

Save/LoadConﬁguration page under Administration. Once this is done, just turn the computer off. The computer

thatruns 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module is specially designed so that you can switch it off without causing

anyproblems in the ﬁle structure.