Netopia 4542, 4541 manual Chapter Console-Based Management

Console-Based Management 5-1

Chapter 5

Console-Based Management

Console-based management is a menu-driven interface for the capabilities built into the Netopia 4541/4542. Console-based management provides access to a wide variety of features that the router supports. You can customize these features for your individual setup. This chapter describes how to access the console-based management screens.

This section covers the following topics:

■“Connecting through a Telnet session” on page 5-2

■“Connecting a console cable to your router” on page 5-3

■“Navigating through the console screens” on page 5-4

Console-based management screens contain seven entry points to the Netopia 4541/4542 configuration and monitoring features. The entry points are displayed in the Main Menu shown below:

Netopia 4541

Easy Setup...

WAN Configuration...

System Configuration...

Utilities & Diagnostics...

Statistics & Logs...

Quick Menus...

Quick View...

Return/Enter goes to Easy Setup -- minimal configuration.

You always start from this main screen.

■The Easy Setup menus display and permit changing the values contained in the default connection profile. You can use Easy Setup to initially configure the router directly through a console session.

Easy Setup menus contain up to five descendant screens for viewing or altering these values. The number of screens depends on whether you have optional features installed.

■The WAN Configuration menu displays and permits changing your connection profile(s) and default profile, creating or deleting additional connection profiles, and configuring or reconfiguring the manner in which you