Figure 5: "Help" Command Via Telnet
Echo: “Echo ON” (default setting) will echo typed characters back to the user. “Echo OFF” will disable the echoing of typed characters.
Set: The “Set” command actually encompasses several subcommands, each of which allows setting a different configuration parameter. To set a parameter, two arguments are required: the parameter’s name and the value to set it to. Figure 6 shows an example of changing the IP address of a device to 192.168.1.1. After this command is entered, the device will then reconfigure itself to allow network access via the IP address 192.168.1.1.
Figure 6: "Set" Command Overview and Implementation
Show: This command displays current configuration information. Some of this information (IP Address, Netmask and Gateway) is configurable via the “set” command. The “I/O Parameter” field lists the current console’s primary communication parameter (port number 23 for the Telnet console and baud rate 38400 for the serial console). The “Firmware Ver” field indicates the current application firmware version of the
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