About Configuration Methods; Configure The Digi Device From An Attached Terminal; Configure The Digi Device From A Telnet Session; Configure The Digi Device From The Web Interface - Digi TS 4 MEI User Manual

About Configuration Methods

About Configuration Methods

Configure the Digi Device from an Attached Terminal

Configure the Digi Device from a Telnet Session

Configure the Digi Device from the Web Interface

Downloading a Configuration File

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Use this section to learn about the different configuration methods.
With this method, you cable a terminal or PC running terminal emulation
software to a device server port and then use the command line to enter
commands. This method allows you to configure all features. It requires,
however, that you and the device server be in the same location. Some
users find it advantageous to configure the device server IP address this
way and then use one of the other methods for the rest of the configuration.
Important: You cannot configure the Digi Device from an attached terminal
if you are using SP and DOIA. The device type has changed from terminal
to printer, which no longer allows access through the serial port when SP
and DOIA are set to factory defaults.
With this method, you Telnet to the device server and use the command
line to complete configuration tasks. The only disadvantage to this method
is that you have to configure the device server with an IP address before
you can Telnet to it.
The great advantage to this method is ease of use. This method requires
that you configure the IP address before you can access the configuration
from the web interface, however, some features cannot be configured this
way.
With this method, you configure a Digi device and then do the following:
1. Download an existing configuration file to a host system.
2. Edit the file with specific configuration using a text editor.
3. Upload the file to the device server.
This an excellent method for maintaining highly similar configuration files
for multiple Digi devices. The disadvantage is that the device server
requires some configuration steps, such as the IP address, to be
completed before it can be used.
Chapter 1 Introduction