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Starting and Configuring the Firewall
You can only use the console port to make initial configuration of the firewall.
Setting up a Configuration Environment
Connecting the Firewall to a Configuration Terminal
For the connection of the firewall to the configuration terminal, refer to “Connecting the Console Cable”
in Chapter 4 “Installing the Firewall”.
Setting the Parameters for the Configuration Terminal
Step1
Create a HyperTerminal connection. Select
Start
>
Programs
>
Accessories
>
Communications
>
HyperTerminal
, and enter a connection name in the
Connection Description
dialog box, as shown in
Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1
Create a connection
Step2
Select a connection port. Select a serial port from the
Connect using
drop-down list in the
Connect To
dialog box as shown below. Be sure to select the serial port to which the console cable is actually
connected.
