3Com SuperStack 4 Configuration Manual page 16

28 C 1: G
HAPTER ETTING
Setting up
Configuration
Environment through a
Dial-up Modem
S
TARTED
Figure 8 Providing Telnet Client Service
PC
1 Authenticate the Telnet user through the console port on the Telnet Server (a
Switch) before login.
By default, the password is required to authenticate Telnet users and to enable
them to log on to the Switch. If a user logs in through Telnet without the
password, the unit displays an error prompt .
<SW5500> system-view
[SW5500] user-interface vty 0
[SW5500-ui-vty0] set authentication password simple xxxx
(where xxxx is the preset login password of Telnet user)
2 The user logs in to the Telnet Client (Switch). For the login process, refer to the
section "Connecting a PC to the Switch through Telnet"
3 Perform the following on the Telnet Client:
<SW5500> telnet xxxx
(xxxx can be the hostname or IP address of the Telnet Server. If it is the hostname,
use the
ip host
4 Enter the preset login password and you will see the prompt such
prompt
All user interfaces are used, please try later!
indicates that too many users are connected to the Switch through Telnet. In this
case, connect later.
5 Use the corresponding commands to configure the Switch or view it running state.
Enter to view online help. For details of specific commands, refer to the
?
following chapters.
1 Authenticate the modem user through the console port of the Switch before the
user logs in to the Switch through a dial-up modem.
By default, the password is required for authenticating the Modem user to log in
to the Switch. If a user logs in through the Modem without the password, the user
will see the prompt
<SW5500>system-view
[SW5500]user-interface aux 0
Telnet Server
Telnet Client
command to specify.)
Login password has not been set!
on page 26.
. If the
<SW5500>
appears, it
.