3Com HomeConnect 3CP3647 Cli User's Manual

Also see for HomeConnect 3CP3647: Installation guide

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3-10 CHAPTER 3: M ANUAL SETUPNote: This capability is useful for system administrators or users who wish torestrict access to the 3Com HomeConnect ADSL Modem Ethernet.Care should be taken to remember the configured password. If the password isforgotten, the unit must be sent back to 3Com support to have the featuredisabled.Configuration Scripting The 3Com HomeConnect ADSL Modem Ethernet provides a scripting utility thatwill generate the CLI commands required to recreate a given configuration. After aunit has been configured as desired, the command:show configuration scriptwill generate the list of CLI commands to the console.The console output can be captured into a file on your workstation using thecapabilities of your terminal emulation program or your TELNET utility. Thecaptured file can then be altered as required and then “played” into the consoleof other unconfigured units.As an alternative to directly executing a script file played into the console port, the3Com HomeConnect ADSL Modem Ethernet is capable of executing a sequenceof commands from a script file stored in FLASH memory. The file can be directlycreated in FLASH memory using the capture text command, or it can be createdon a remote workstation and then transferred to FLASH memory using TFTP. Tocreate the file using the CLI, use the command:capture text After invoking the command, anything you type at the console, anything you typeat the console will be redirected to the specified file. To terminate input, typeCtrl-D. After the text has been captured, you can execute the commands at anytime using the DO command as follows:do