3Com BETA Getting Started Manual page 14

Chapter 3. Installing 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module
Connect the Telecommuting Module to your workstation with the enclosed serial cable.
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Plug in the power cord and turn the Telecommuting Module on.
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Wait while the Telecommuting Module boots up.
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Log on from your workstation.
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Run the installation program (see following instructions).
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Connect the network cables to the network interfaces.
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Configure the rest through a web browser.
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Connect the Telecommuting Module to your workstation with the enclosed serial cable,
plug in the power cord and turn the Telecommuting Module on. You will have to wait a few
minutes while it boots up.
If you use a Windows workstation, connect like this: Start Hyperterm. A Location dia-
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logue will show, asking for your telephone number and area. Click Cancel followed by
Yes. Then you will be asked to make a new connection. Type a name for this connec-
tion, select an icon and click OK. The Location dialogue will show again, so click Cancel
followed by Yes.
Now you can select Connect using COM1 and click OK. A Port settings dialogue will
show, where you select 19200 as Bits per second. Use the default configuration for all
other settings. Click OK and wait for a login prompt. (In some cases you have to press
Return to get the login prompt.)
If you use a Linux workstation, connect like this: Make sure that there is a symbolic
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link named /dev/modem which points to the serial port you connected the Telecommuting
Module to. Connect using minicom with the bit rate 19200 bits/s, and wait for a login
prompt.
Log on as the user admin. The first time you log on, no password is required. You set the
password when you run the installation script, which starts automatically when you have
logged on.
Each network interface is marked with a name (1 and 2), which corresponds to a tab under
Network Configuration. All eth interfaces belong to ethernet cards and should only be
connected using ethernet cables.
Decide which computer(s) are allowed to configure 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module
and enter the name of the network interface to which they are connected, for example, eth0.
You must use the physical device name (eth0 and eth1).
Enter the IP address of the Telecommuting Module on this interface and the network mask
for the network.
A network mask can be written in two ways in 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module:
The first looks just like an IP address, for example 255.255.192.0 or 255.255.254.0.
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