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Router Co
nfiguration
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Step 1. Connect and log into the Target Router
This section assumes that you have already installed Configuration Manager
on your PC and know how to access it (otherwise, refer to Chapter 3, for
details).
Connect
The router is shipped to users with a default IP address that does not
need to be changed (however, to change the default IP address, refer to
Step 2.
Ethernet LAN Address and Protocol ). This default address is
192.168.254.254.
⇒
Click the Connect button to connect your PC to the target router.
This will open the Select the Router window where the default IP
address (192.168.254.254) is already entered.
⇒
Click OK .
If Configuration Manager cannot connect successfully to the target
router, you will get a message asking you if you wish to retry to connect.
If you cannot connect to the router:
Verify the router’s LAN IP address and subnet mask by using the
Terminal Window (under
Tools ) and typing
eth list.
Check the PC and router’s physical connections to the LAN.
First-time Connection Messages
The first time that you connect to the router, a message will inform you
that the firmware file is being automatically backed up from the router to
the PC.
If you have been supplied with an Installation Script , you may, with
your initial connection to the router, execute it. Follow the instructions
on screen. Otherwise, click
No .
Password, Login, Skip
⇒
Enter the Login Password “
admin”
in the Login window.
This security feature allows you to prevent unauthorized write access to
the router’s configuration. The default login password is
“
admin”
when
first configuring the router. Type it in lowercase and verify that your
keyboard Caps Lock key is not active. After successfully connecting to
the router, the main menu screen will appear.