Installation
Phase 4: Initialize and Verify the Router
A. Create or Modify a Router Configuration
| The Shortest Path to a Functioning Configuration |
| Configuring the router assigns values to the parameters that control its |
| networking operation. The router is shipped from the factory with |
| default configuration values. However, even this default state requires |
| you to provide additional values before the router can begin to function |
| in the network. Unless you are using Quick Remote or a Bootp server to |
| configure the router from the factory default, |
| mends that you use the Quick Configuration utility to enter as many of |
| these additional values as as you need. (In some cases, using Quick |
| Configuration may be all that you need to do for minimal operation.) |
| Then you can use the Configuration Editor, if necessary, to enter any |
| other values that may be needed or desirable. |
| For more information on configuration tools, refer to the following |
| overview. |
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N o t e | If any port has no network attached, the port’s Net Fail LED goes on |
| after the router starts. Remember to disable that port when you |
| configure the router. (For instructions, refer to “Interpreting LED Error |
| Patterns” on page |
| Any configuration you create or modify will not be activated in the |
| router until you boot the router. The next subsection, ‘‘2. Boot the |
| Router’’ (page |