Chapter 6 - Console-Based Management; Connecting Through A Telnet Session; Connecting A Console Cable To Your Router; Navigating Through The Console Screens - Netopia R5000 User Reference Manual

Console-based management is a menu-driven interface for the capabilities built into the Netopia R5000 Series
routers. Console-based management provides access to the full range of features that the router supports. You
can customize these features for your individual setup. This chapter describes how to access the
console-based management screens.
This section covers the following topics:
"Connecting through a Telnet session" on page 6-2
"Connecting a console cable to your router" on page 6-3
"Navigating through the console screens" on page 6-4
Console-based management screens contain seven entry points to the Netopia Router configuration and
monitoring features. The entry points are displayed in the Main Menu shown below:
You always start from this main screen.
The Easy Setup menus display and permit changing the values contained in the default connection profile.
Experienced users can use Easy Setup to initially configure the router directly through a console session.
Easy Setup menus contain up to five descendant screens for viewing or altering these values. The number
of screens depends on whether you have optional features installed.
The WAN Configuration menu displays and permits changing your connection profile(s) and default profile,
creating or deleting additional connection profiles, and configuring or reconfiguring the manner in which you
Netopia R5300 v4.3.3
Easy Setup...
WAN Configuration...
System Configuration...
Utilities & Diagnostics...
Statistics & Logs...
Quick Menus...
Quick View...
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