Black Box LRA001A-R2 How to Upgrade to Release, 266, Method 2 If you do use custom dialer scripts

ASYNC ROUTER AR-P, ASYNC ROUTER AR-5, SYNC ROUTER RELEASE NOTES

How to Upgrade to Release 4.2

A software kit for release 4.2 includes:

•Router SmartRoute release 4.2

•This manual

There are two procedures for upgrading a Router, depending upon whether custom dialer scripts are used or not:

•The Router doesn’t use custom dialer scripts (use method 1)

•The Router does use custom dialer scripts (use method 2) Follow method 1 or method 2 to upgrade your Router.

Method 1: If you don’t use custom dialer scripts (standard configuration)

If your Router is currently operating without the use of a custom dialer script (i.e., if you chose “Router” as the modem peer during configuration), follow the steps outlined below to upgrade from your release to the 4.2 release:

1. Log in to the Router, and enter:

config show

Record the line that looks like:

dialup iface speed bps

2.Remove the current boot diskette from the diskette drive.

3.Verify that the write-protect “window” on the release 4.2 boot diskette is closed, allowing information to be written to the disk. Insert the release 4.2 boot diskette into the diskette drive and enter:

config save

4. Reboot the system by entering:

reboot

Ignore any dialup error messages that may be displayed on the screen.

5. If in Step 1, you saw lines that looked like

dialup iface speed bps

then enter ifconfig iface speed bps. (Don’t use the dialup iface speed bps command.)

6. Enter:

config save

7. Log off of the Router by entering:

logoff

Method 2: If you do use custom dialer scripts

If your Router uses a custom dialer script to connect to a peer router (i.e., if you chose Livingston,

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