
Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Contact Info
Problem/Message (continued) | Reason  | Solution  | 
When you try to enter the setup mode  | The issue is most likely  | |
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 | 
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  | http://ltxfaq.custhelp.com/app/answers/list.  | 
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  | Enter 1119 in the keyword search field to  | 
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  | retrieve the FAQ 1119 for instructions. Look  | 
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  | for the tutorial that is titled “Assigning an IP  | 
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  | address using serial” under the CoBos  | 
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  | tutorials.  | 
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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  | 
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  | 9999.  | ARP   | 
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  | device server).  | 
  | The Telnet configuration port  | 
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  | (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).  | 
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  | If you get a response, then there is a  | 
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  | duplicate IP address on the network. If you  | 
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  | do not get a response, use the serial port to  | 
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  | verify that Telnet is not disabled.  | 
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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.  | 
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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  | 
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the network.  | server.  | If the Status LED is blinking consistently,  | 
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  | Another possibility is that the  | then there is a good socket connection.  | 
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  | 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  | |
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  | the XDIRECT from the network. Use  | 
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  | Connect Mode option C1 or C5 for a  | 
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  | connection to the network from the  | 
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  | XDIRECT. | 
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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  | 
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  | settings of the device server.  | 
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