Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Contact Info

Problem/Message (continued)

Reason

Solution

When you try to enter the setup mode

The issue is most likely

Double-check everything in the problem

on the device server using the serial

something covered in the

above. Confirm that Caps Lock is not on.

port, you get no response.

previous problem, or possibly,

Reference

 

you have Caps Lock on.

Serial Settings (on page 29) or

 

 

http://ltxfaq.custhelp.com/app/answers/list.

 

 

Enter 1119 in the keyword search field to

 

 

retrieve the FAQ 1119 for instructions. Look

 

 

for the tutorial that is titled “Assigning an IP

 

 

address using serial” under the CoBos

 

 

tutorials.

 

 

 

You can ping the device server, but

There may be an IP address

Turn the device server off and then issue

not Telnet to the device server on port

conflict on your network

the following commands at the DOS prompt

9999.

 

of your computer:

 

You are not Telneting to port

 

 

9999.

ARP -D X.X.X.X (X.X.X.X is the IP of the

 

 

device server).

 

The Telnet configuration port

 

 

(9999) is disabled within the

PING X.X.X.X (X.X.X.X is the IP of the

 

device server security settings.

device server).

 

 

If you get a response, then there is a

 

 

duplicate IP address on the network. If you

 

 

do not get a response, use the serial port to

 

 

verify that Telnet is not disabled.

 

 

 

With DeviceInstaller, you get the

The file you are attempting to

Download the correct firmware file from the

Wrong Password error when you try

load is the incorrect firmware

Lantronix website.

to upgrade the firmware.

file for the XDIRECT.

 

 

 

 

The device server appears to be set

If you are sure that the serial

You can check to see whether there is a

up correctly, but you are not

port settings are correct, then

socket connection to or from the XDIRECT

communicating with your device

you may not be connecting to

by looking at the Status LED.

attached to the device server across

the correct socket of the device

 

the network.

server.

If the Status LED is blinking consistently,

 

 

 

Another possibility is that the

then there is a good socket connection.

 

 

 

device server is not set up

If the Status LED is solid, then the socket

 

correctly to make a good socket

 

connection to the network.

connection does not exist. Use the Connect

 

Mode option C0 for making a connection to

 

 

 

 

the XDIRECT from the network. Use

 

 

Connect Mode option C1 or C5 for a

 

 

connection to the network from the

 

 

XDIRECT.

 

 

 

When connecting to the Web-

Your computer is not able to

Make sure that port 30718 (77FEh) is not

Manager within the device server, the

connect to port 30718 (77FEh)

blocked with any router that you are using

"No Connection With The Device

on the device server.

on the network. Also, make sure that port

Server" message displays.

 

77FEh is not disabled within the Security

 

 

settings of the device server.

 

 

 

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