To do…

 

Use the command…

Remarks

 

 

 

Optional

 

 

 

The default idle-timeout is 10

 

 

 

minutes. The system automatically

 

Set the idle-timeout

 

terminates the user’s connection if

 

idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ]

no information interaction occurs

 

timer

 

 

between the device and the user

 

 

 

 

 

 

within the idle-timeout time.

 

 

 

Setting idle-timeout to 0 disables the

 

 

 

timer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

The common settings configured for console login take effect immediately. If you configure the common settings after you log in through the console port, the current connection may be interrupted, so you must use another login method. After you configure common settings for console login, you need to modify the settings on the terminal to make them consistent with those on the device.

Logging in through Telnet

Introduction

The device supports Telnet. You can Telnet to the device to remotely manage and maintain it, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12 Telnet login

The following table shows the configuration requirements of Telnet login.

Object

Requirements

 

Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure the Telnet

Telnet server

server and client can reach each other.

 

Configure the authentication mode and other settings

 

 

Telnet client

Run the Telnet client program.

 

Obtain the IP address of the VLAN interface on the server

 

 

 

By default, the device is enabled with the Telnet server and client functions.

On a device that serves as the Telnet client, you can log in to a Telnet server to perform operations on the server.

On a device that serves as the Telnet server, you can configure the authentication mode and user privilege level for Telnet users. By default, you cannot log in to the device through Telnet. Before you can Telnet to the device, you need to log in to the device through the console port, enable Telnet server, and configure the authentication mode, user privilege level, and common settings.

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