Logging In Through The Console Port; Introduction; Setting Up The Connection To The Console Port; Setting Up Connection To Console Port - 3Com 4210G Series Configuration Manual

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Logging In Through the Console Port

When logging in through the Console port, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

Introduction

Setting Up the Connection to the Console Port

Console Port Login Configuration
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being None
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Scheme
Introduction
To log in through the Console port is the most common way to log in to a switch. It is also the
prerequisite to configure other login methods. By default, you can log in to an 3Com Switch 4210G
family through its Console port only.
To log in to an Ethernet switch through its Console port, the related configuration of the user terminal
must be in accordance with that of the Console port.
Table 2-1 lists the default settings of a Console port.
Table 2-1 The default settings of a Console port
Baud rate
Flow control
Check mode
Stop bits
Data bits
After logging in to a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to
Configuration for details.
Setting Up the Connection to the Console Port
Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the Console port of the switch, as shown in
2-1.
Figure 2-1 Diagram for setting the connection to the Console port
Setting
19,200 bps
Off
No check bit
1
8
2-1
Default
Console Port Login
Figure