Console-Based Management 6-3Configuring Telnet softwareIf you are configuring your router using a Telnet session, your computer must be running a Telnet softwareprogram. If you connect a PC with Microsoft Windows, you can use a Windows Telnet application or simply run Telnetfrom the Start menu. If you connect a Macintosh computer, you can use the NCSA Telnet program supplied on the NetopiaR9100 CD. You install NCSA Telnet by simply dragging the application from the CD to your hard disk.Connecting a console cable to your routerYou can perform all of the system configuration activities for your Netopia R9100 through a local serial consoleconnection using terminal emulation software, such as HyperTerminal provided with Windows95 on the PC, orZTerm, included on the Netopia CD, for Macintosh computers.The Netopia R9100 back panel has a connector labeled “Console” for attaching the Router to either a PC orMacintosh computer via the serial port on the computer. (On a Macintosh computer, the serial port is called theModem port or Printer port.) This connection lets you use the computer to configure and monitor the NetopiaR9100 via the console screens.To connect the Netopia R9100 to your computer for serial console communication, use the supplied dualconsole cable connector end appropriate to your platform: One DB-9 connector end attaches to a PC. The mini-DIN8 connector end attaches to a Macintosh computer. The DB-9 end of the Console cable attaches to the Netopia R9100’s Console port. If you connect a PC with Microsoft Windows 95 or NT, you can use the HyperTerminal application bundledwith the operating system. If you connect a Macintosh computer, you can use the ZTerm terminal emulation program on the suppliedNetopia R9100 CD.Console connection portDB-9 (male)EthernetNormalAuxiliary Console PowerLine 1811UplinkLine 2
