How To Use the Network Control Language (NCL) Commands To Manage a Router

 

Using PC Modem Access to Transfer Configuration and NCL Display

 

How To Use Zput To Store the Configuration

 

or NCL Command Output to a PC Host File

 

Use NCL’s Zput command to download the router configuration or NCL

 

command output to a file on a PC connected to the router as a console.

 

 

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This procedure describes the use of Zput with PROCOMM PLUS. The

 

procedure is different when used with other terminal emulators.

 

 

Preparation:

1.Start PROCOMM PLUS .

2.Ensure that the PROCOMM PLUS “Auto downloading” feature for the Zmodem protocol is set to “on”.

3.Press [Alt]-[S]to display the “PROCOMM PLUS SETUP UTILITY” screen.

4.Select “PROTOCOL OPTIONS”.

5.Select “ZMODEM PROTOCOL OPTIONS”. In the resulting “PROCOMM PLUS SETUP UTILITY”, verify that item C, “Auto downloading”, is set to “on”. (If it is set to “off”, follow the instructions in the screen to change the setting.)

6.Press [Esc] three times to return to the router’s Main menu (see figure 1-1).

7.Select the “Network Control Language Interpreter” in the router’s Main menu.

The procedure to download the configuration or NCL command display to a PC host file (at the NCL prompt) is shown by the syntax and examples on the following pages.

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