HP 445 manual Introducing the Configuration Editor

How To Use the Configuration Editor

Introducing the Configuration Editor

Introducing the Configuration

Editor

The Configuration Editor accesses a hierarchy of menus and screens that include any parameters you need for customizing the router beyond the ‘‘getting started’’, or factory default level. Using this editor, you can customize all parameters needed to integrate the router into your system (including the subset of parameters you can access through Quick Configuration).

Generally, when you first create a configuration, it is easiest to begin by using Quick Configuration to establish a minimal version of the configuration to use in establishing functioning network connections. However, when you are ready to use parameters that are not available in the Quick Configuration screen, it is time to move on to the Configuration Editor. You can do so either by starting the Configuration Editor from the Main Menu or starting it from within Quick Configuration by using the hotkeys. (Refer to ‘‘How To Use the Hotkeys’’ on page 3-12.)

You can use the Configuration Editor to create a configuration in a router through either a directly connected terminal or a terminal connected to the router via Telnet. (For information on Telnet, refer to ‘‘Telnet: How To Establish a Virtual Terminal Connection to a Remote Node’’ on page 7-10.) You can also move an existing configuration between routers or between a router and a host on the network. (Refer to ‘‘Using TFTP To Transfer Operating Code, Configuration, and NCL Display’’ on page 7-30, and ‘‘Using PC Modem Access To Transfer Configuration and NCL Display on page 7–32.)

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