Chapter5. The Serial Console

3. Become a failover team member

Makethis Telecommuting Module member of a failover team.

4. Leave failover team and become standalone

Makethis Telecommuting Module leave its failover team.

5. Wipe email logs

Removeall log messages queued to be sent by e-mail.

6. Set password

Seta new password for the admin user.

q. Exit admin

Logout from the admin program.
Basic configuration
UseBasic configuration to give the Telecommuting Module a start configuration. You can assign an IP address to
it(for the web GUI), enter the IP addresses of computers allowed to connect to the web GUI and change the
administratorpassword.
Whereveryou can enter a value, there will be a default one in brackets, which is the current value. Press Return to
selectthe default value. This is an easy way to fast-forward if you only want to change one of the parameters.

IP address

Givethe Telecommuting Module an IP address. The IP address will be added to any addresses already configured
onthe Telecommuting Module. The IP address entered here is the one that should be used to access the web GUI.
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Pressreturn to keep the default value
Networkconfiguration inside:
Physicaldevice name[eth0]:
IPaddress [0.0.0.0]: 10.47.2.242
Netmask/bits[255.255.255.0]: 255.255.0.0
Deactivateother interfaces? (y/n) [n]

Physical device name

Selectwhich interface should get the IP address. The interfaces use their physical names: if you want to use
NetworkInterface 1, enter "eth0", and if you want to use Network Interface 2, enter "eth1".

IP address

Enterthe IP address for the Telecommuting Module on the interface above. If the Telecommuting Module didn’t
havean IP address before, the default address will be 0.0.0.0. Enter a different address, or the Telecommuting
Modulewill be unreachable via the web GUI.

Netmask/bits

AtNetmask/bits, enter the netmask for the network to which the IP address above belongs. The netmask can be
writtenas an IP address or a number of bits (see also chapter 3, Configuring 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting
Module).
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