3Com Switch 4500 26-Port Configuration Manual page 22

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Figure 6 Setting up the Configuration Environment through Telnet
Workstation Workstation
Ethernet Ethernet
Serv er Serv er
Workstation Workstation
3 Run Telnet on the PC and enter the IP address of the VLAN connected to the
network port on the PC.
Figure 7 Running Telnet
4 The terminal displays
logon password. After you enter the correct password, it displays the command
line prompt (such as
please try later!
through Telnet. At most five Telnet users are allowed to log on to the SW4500
Switch simultaneously.
5 Use the corresponding commands to configure the Switch or to monitor the
running state. Enter
to the following chapters.
When configuring the Switch through Telnet, do not modify the IP address of the
Switch unnecessarily, for the modification might end the Telnet connection.
By default, when a Telnet user passes the password authentication to log on to the
Switch, the access level for commands will be Level 0.
Telneting a Switch Through Another Switch
After a user has logged into a Switch, it is possible to configure another Switch
through the Switch through Telnet. The local Switch serves as Telnet client and the
peer Switch serves as the Telnet server. If the ports connecting these two Switches
are in the same local network, their IP addresses must be configured in the same
network segment. Otherwise, the two Switches must establish a route to
communicate with each other.
As shown in Figure
command to log in to, and configure, another Switch.
Ethernet port Ethernet port
PC ( for configuri n g the switch PC ( for configuri n g the switch
via Telnet ) via Telnet )
Login authentication
). If the prompt
<4500>
appears, too many users are connected to the Switch
to view online help. For details of specific commands, refer
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8, after you Telnet to a Switch, you can run the
and prompts the user to enter the
All user interfaces are used,
telnet