RuggedRouter User Guide
Documen t Conve ntions
This publication uses the following conventions:

Note: M eans read er take note. No tes conta in helpf ul sugge stions or referen ces to ma terials

not cont ained in this gu ide.
Helpful Hint
This type of note often indicates useful shortcuts or methods employed by other RuggedCom
customers.
Quick S tart Re commenda tions
The following description is included to aid those users experienced with
communications equipment that may wish to attempt to configure th e router without
fully reading the guide.
1. Locate/mount the chassis in its final resting place and apply power.
2. The router can be configured through its web management interface, or for
advanced users, through ssh. The default Ethernet addresses for ports one through
four are 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.4.1. Two shell accounts, rrsetup a nd root,
are provided. Both accounts have a default password of “admin”. The web
management interface uses the root account password. The rrsetup account
provides a shell that configures such items as passwords, addresses, date/time
and services offered by the router. The root account provides a full shell.
3. Attach a PC runn ing terminal emulation softwa re to the RS232 port an d apply
power to the chassis (default baud rate, data bits, parity - “38400 8 n 1”, no
hardware/software flow control). Set the terminal type to VT100. Press ENTER
to obtain a login prompt.
Initial Configuration Before Attaching To The Network
4. Login as the rrsetup user with password “admin”.
5. Change the root and rrsetup passwords from the shell. R ecord the
passwords in a secure manner. If Radius authentication will be employed,
configure at least one authentication server address.
6. Configure the router’s hostname, IP address, subnet mask, and gateway addresses
for the built-in Ethernet ports.
7. For an RX1100 router, the Gauntlet Security application may be configured with
the passphrase allocated to the n etwork the network address of the Command and
Control Center (CCC). Note that you m ust also configure and activate the
firewall before using the Gauntlet.
8. Ensure that the date, time and timezone fields are correctly set.
9. If Web or SSH services will not be used, these can be disabled from the setup
shell.
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