Startup And Configuration; Startup; Setting Up Configuration Environment - 3Com MSR 50-40 ROUTER. Installation Manual

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Startup and Configuration

Startup

You can only configure the router through the console port if it is the first time you use it.

Setting up Configuration Environment

Connecting the router to a console terminal
To set up the local configuration environment, RJ-45 connector of the console cable needs to be
connected to the console port on the router, and DB-9 connector to the serial interface of a PC, as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 4-1 Local configuration through Console port
ROUTER
Setting the parameters for console terminal
1) Opening the console terminal and setting up a new connection. Select the serial interface to be
connected in the Connect using field in the [Connect using] box as shown in the following figure.
Note that the selected serial interface should be consistent with the actual serial interface
connected by the console cable.
Console
4-1
PC