ELSA Cable manual User-friendly method inband, Requirements for inband configuration

Configuration modes 17

Configuration modes

ELSA cable modems are always delivered with up-to-date software in which a number of the settings have already been prepared for you.

It will nevertheless be necessary for you to add some information and configure them to your specific needs. These settings are made as part of the configuration process.

This section will show you the programs and routes you can use to access the device and set it up.

And, if the team at ELSA has produced firmware with new features, we will show you how to load the new software.

The user-friendly method: inband

Using inband configuration allows any computer on the cable network or LAN to access the router. However, this is only possible if the router permits it, as access from the WAN or LAN can be restricted or completely blocked by the IP access list. Inband configuration requires the use of either telnet (supplied with most operating systems) or the ELSA LANconfig configuration program for Windows. ELSA LANconfig is supplied with your device. You can always obtain up-to-date releases from our online media.

Requirements for inband configuration

TCP/IP or TFTP are used to make configurations using telnet or ELSA LANconfig. The TCP/IP protocol must therefore be installed on the computer being used and your cable modem must be given an IP address which you will then use when addressing it.

A device that has not been configured yet will respond to the IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.254, in which the Xs are placeholders for the network address in your LAN. If the computers on your network have addresses such as 192.110.130.1, then you will be able to address the router using 192.110.130.254.

If a computer with the address XXX.XXX.XXX.254 is already active on your network, shut down the computer with this IP address before continuing. Give the device a new LAN IP address as soon as you have established a connection to it, using ELSA LANconfig or telnet.

Alternatively: addresses can be managed by the DHCP server

If it is not absolutely essential that you configure the correct IP addresses manually, the DHCP server can perform this task for you automatically. When using the DHCP server you can have the IP addresses for all computers on the network assigned automatically (see also chapter 'Automatic Address Administration with DHCP').

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