About Autoconnection

The autoconnection feature allows you to configure a user to access the PortServer TS 8/16 and then be automatically connected to a host on the LAN. You can implement autoconnection in the following ways:

By port. In this case, all port users are automatically connected to the same host. The PortServer TS 8/16 is completely transparent to them.

By user. In this case, a user is required to login and may be required to supply a password, but once the user is authenticated, an automatic connection to a host is made.

Configuring a Port for Autoconnection: Web Interface

This section describes how to configure a port for autoconnection from the web interface.

1.Access the web interface by entering the PortServer TS 8/16 IP address in a browser’s URL win- dow.

2.Log in to the PortServer TS 8/16 as root. The default password is dbps.

3.Select Configure and then Autoconnect from the menu.

4.Configure the port as required. Use the online help for more information.

5.To return to the main Ports menu, choose Ports from the Menu again.

Configuring Autoconnection By Port: Command Line

This section describes how to configure a port for autoconnection from the command line.

Procedure

This procedure describes how to set up a port for autoconnection only. It assumes that you have or will configure the port appropriately for a modem connection (see Chapter 5) or terminal connection (see Chapter 6).

To configure a port to provide automatic connections for all port users, supply a set ports command that specifies the following:

set ports range= range auto=on dest=ip-addressdport=tcp=port

where

range is a port or range of ports

ip-addressis the IP address of the host to which the autoconnection should be made

tcp-portis a TCP port to use for this connection

Example

In this example, port 2 is configured for automatic Telnet connections to a host.

set ports range=2 auto=on dest=199.125.123.10 dev=min dport=23

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Digi TS8, 16 manual About Autoconnection, Configuring a Port for Autoconnection Web Interface

16, TS8 specifications

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