Digi PortServer TS8 - Manual (Page 52)

7-2 About Autoconnection
About Autoconnection
The autoconnection feature allows you to configure a user to access the PortServer TS 8/16 and then
be automatically connected to a host on the LAN. You can implement autoconnection in the
following ways:
•
By port. In this case, all port users are automatically connected to the same host. The PortServer
TS 8/16 is completely transparent to them.
• By user. In this case, a user is required to login and may be required to supply a password, but
once the user is authenticated, an automatic connection to a host is made.
Configuring a Port for Autoconnection: Web Interface
This section describes how to configure a port for autoconnection from the web interface.
1. Access the web interface by entering the PortServer TS 8/16 IP address in a browser’s URL win-
dow.
2. Log in to the PortServer TS 8/16 as root.
The default password is dbps.
3. Select Configure and then Autoconnect from the menu.
4. Configure the port as required. Use the online help for more information.
5. To return to the main Ports menu, choose Ports from the Menu again.
Configuring Autoconnection By Port: Command Line
This section describes how to configure a port for autoconnection from the command line.
Procedure
This procedure describes how to set up a port for autoconnection only. It assumes that you have or
will configure the port appropriately for a modem connection (see Chapter 5) or terminal connection
(see Chapter 6).
To configure a port to provide automatic connections for all port users, supply a set ports command
that specifies the following:
set ports range= range auto=on dest=ip-address dport=tcp=port
where
•
range is a port or range of ports
• ip-address is the IP address of the host to which the autoconnection should be made
• tcp-port is a TCP port to use for this connection
Example
In this example, port 2 is configured for automatic Telnet connections to a host.
set ports range=2 auto=on dest=199.125.123.10 dev=min dport=23