Configuring Remote Access for AN and Passport ARN Routers
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Using Netboot Configuration Commands
This chapter provides instructions for using the ifconfig, bconfig, and getcfg
commands to configure Netboot and Directed Netboot.
If you are not configuring the router yourself, you can determine the appropriate
syntax for these commands and provide the person at the router site with the exact
command lines to use.
To access a router command line, you need a management console connection to
the router. With a terminal or modem console connection, you can view router
diagnostic messages and use the ifconfig and bconfig commands to configure
Netboot and Directed Netboot. You use getcfg to verify a configuration.
To display a command-line login prompt, you can do one of the following:
•Wait for the router to local-boot (that is, wait for EZ-Instal l to fail).
•Interrupt the startup process by issuing a break sequence. This automatically
starts the AN Monitor, a firmware diagnostics monitor for routers.
The break sequence depends on the management console you are using. Some
terminals have specific break keys; others require a specific key sequence to
issue a break (for example, [Control]-c or ~ #). See the documentation for
your terminal or PC terminal emulator for the correct break sequence.
To log in to either the AN Monitor or the Technician Interface, enter Manager at
the login prompt.
The Technician Interface or AN Monitor command-line prompt appears. Proceed
to the appropriate section:
•Setting the Boot Configuration
•Setting the Netboot Interface Configuration
Note: Be sure to issue the break sequence before E Z-Install completes.
Note: Manager is case-sensitive; use an uppercase M.