Connecting through a telnet session – Netopia R910 User Manual
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more than one ser vice provider or remote site.
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The System Configuration menus display and permit changing:
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Network protocols setup. See
Chapter 9, “IP Setup and Network Address Translation.”
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Filter sets (firewalls). See
“About filters and filter sets” on page 13-126.
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IP address ser ving. See
“IP address ser ving” on page 9-66
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Date and time. See
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Console configuration. See
“Connecting a console cable to your router” on page 6-33
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SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). See
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Security. See
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Upgrade feature set. See
“Upgrade feature set” on page 8-48
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The Utilities & Diagnostics menus provide a selection of seven tools for monitoring and diagnosing the
router's behavior, as well as for updating the firmware and rebooting the system. See
for detailed information.
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The Statistics & Logs menus display a selection of tables and device logs that show information about
your router, your network and their histor y. See
Chapter 12, “Monitoring Tools,”
for detailed information.
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The Quick Menus screen is a shor tcut entr y point to a wide variety of the most commonly used
configuration menus that are accessed through the other menu entr y points.
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The Quick View menu displays at a glance current real-time operating information about your router. See
“Quick View status over view” on page 12-109
for detailed information.
Connecting through a Telnet session
Features of the Netopia R910 can be configured through the console screens.
Before you can access the console screens through Telnet, you must have:
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A network connection locally to the router or IP access to the router.
Note: Alternatively, you can have a direct serial console cable connection using the provided console cable
for your platform (PC or Macintosh) and the Console por t on the back of the router. For more information on
attaching the console cable, see
“Connecting a console cable to your router” on page 6-33
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Telnet software installed on the computer you will use to configure the router