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Command Reference

Unlock Port

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12.61 Unlock Port

Unlocks a locked port, which may be necessary if a user has locked the port and forgotten the password.

Applies To

EPS4, ETS4P, ETS8, ETS8P, ETS16, ETS16P

Restrictions

You must be the privileged user to use this command.

Examples

Local> UNLOCK PORT 6

See Also

Lock, page 12-16; Set/Define Server Lock, page 12-71; Enabling Server-Wide
Port Characteristics, page 4-1; Locking a Port, page 5-15.

12.62 Who

The Who command is functionally identical to the Show/Monitor Users command on page 12-113. It is
provided for UNIX compatibility.

12.63 Zero Counters

Resets the counters for errors and other network and ETS events. If no parameter is added to the command,
only the port counters for the current port will be reset.

Applies To

EPS4, ETS4P, ETS8, ETS8P, ETS16, ETS16P

Restrictions

You must be the privileged user to zero a port other than your own.

Parameters

All
Zeroes all port, node, and Server counters.

Port portnum
Zeroes counters for events associated with the specified serial or virtual port,
including SLIP events.

Examples

Local> ZERO COUNTER NODE vax5

Local> ZERO COUNTERS Port 2

See Also

Show/Monitor/List Ports Counters, page 12-102.

UNLOCK PORTportnum

ZERO COUNTERS

ALL

PORT portnum

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Summary of Contents for ETS

Page 1: ...ETS Reference Manual For the Lantronix ETS Family of Multiport Device Servers ...

Page 2: ...065 Rev A WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operating in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this gu...

Page 3: ...2 7 2 7 1 IP Addresses 2 7 2 7 2 Telnet 2 8 2 7 3 Name Resolution 2 9 2 7 4 Local Host Table 2 10 2 7 5 Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP 2 10 2 7 6 Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP 2 12 2 7 7 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP 2 13 2 7 8 Reverse Telnet RTEL 2 13 2 7 9 LPR Support 2 14 2 7 10 UUCP Support 2 14 2 7 11 TCP IP Utilities and Commands 2 14 2 8 LAT and TCP IP Connectivity 2 15 2...

Page 4: ... the Boot Parameters 3 7 3 8 System Passwords 3 8 3 8 1 Privileged Password 3 8 3 8 2 Login Password 3 9 3 8 3 Maintenance Password 3 9 3 9 Configuration Files 3 9 3 9 1 Using EZWebCon 3 10 3 9 2 Without EZWebCon 3 10 4 Server Configuration 4 1 4 1 General Server Parameters 4 1 4 1 1 Enabling Incoming Connections 4 1 4 1 2 Enabling Server Wide Port Characteristics 4 1 4 1 3 Enabling Announcements ...

Page 5: ...ems 5 6 5 2 1 Modem Basics 5 6 5 2 2 Modem Wiring 5 7 5 2 3 Baud Rates 5 8 5 2 4 Modem Configuration 5 9 5 2 5 Modem Result Codes 5 9 5 2 6 Modems with SLIP 5 9 5 2 7 Modem Configuration Checklist 5 10 5 2 8 Testing the Modem Configuration 5 10 5 3 Other Port Characteristics 5 11 5 3 1 Dialback 5 11 5 3 2 Dialup 5 11 5 3 3 Device Type 5 12 5 3 4 DTRwait 5 12 5 3 5 Group Numbers 5 12 5 3 6 Interrup...

Page 6: ...sics 7 3 7 2 2 LPR on Windows NT 3 5 1 and later 7 4 7 2 3 LPR on AIX Hosts 7 6 7 2 4 LPR on HP Hosts 7 8 7 2 5 LPR on SCO UNIX Hosts 7 8 7 2 6 LPR on Sun Solaris Hosts 7 9 7 3 Reverse Telnet RTEL 7 10 7 3 1 Components of RTEL 7 10 7 3 2 Installing Reverse Telnet Software 7 10 7 3 3 Queueing with the RTEL Software 7 11 7 3 4 Setting up the RTEL Backend Filter 7 12 7 3 5 Setting up the RTEL Named P...

Page 7: ...t Setup 10 1 10 1 Configuration 10 1 10 1 1 Bitronics Interface 10 1 10 1 2 Macintosh Service Configuration 10 2 10 2 Printing from a Macintosh 10 2 10 2 1 Using AppleTalk on UNIX or VMS 10 2 10 2 2 Using LaserPrep 10 2 10 2 3 Printing Bitmap Graphics 10 2 10 3 Troubleshooting Macintosh Printing 10 3 10 3 1 General Troubleshooting 10 3 10 3 2 Host Troubleshooting 10 5 11 LAN Manager Host Setup 11 ...

Page 8: ...3 Lock 12 16 12 24 Logout 12 16 12 25 Man 12 16 12 26 Mode 12 17 12 27 Monitor 12 17 12 28 Netstat 12 17 12 29 Open 12 18 12 30 Ping 12 18 12 31 Purge 12 18 12 31 1 Purge SLIP 12 18 12 32 Remove Queue 12 19 12 33 Resolve 12 20 12 34 Resume 12 20 12 35 Rlogin 12 20 12 36 Save 12 21 12 37 Send 12 22 12 38 Set Define Dialback 12 23 12 39 Set Define IPsecurity 12 23 12 40 Set Define Logging 12 25 12 4...

Page 9: ...ine Port Preferred 12 46 12 43 30 Set Define Port Printer 12 48 12 43 31 Set Define Port Queue 12 48 12 43 32 Set Define Port Remote Configure 12 49 12 43 33 Set Define Port Security 12 49 12 43 34 Set Define Port Session Limit 12 50 12 43 35 Set Define Port Signal Check 12 50 12 43 36 Set Define Port SLIP 12 51 12 43 37 Set Define Port Speed 12 51 12 43 38 Set Define Port Stop 12 52 12 43 39 Set ...

Page 10: ...6 28 Set Define Server Node Limit 12 75 12 46 29 Set Define Server Password Limit 12 75 12 46 30 Set Define Server Privileged Password 12 76 12 46 31 Set Define Server Prompt 12 76 12 46 32 Set Define Server Queue Limit 12 77 12 46 33 Set Define Server RARP 12 78 12 46 34 Set Define Server Reload 12 78 12 46 35 Set Define Server Retransmit Limit 12 78 12 46 36 Set Define Server Rlogin 12 79 12 46 ...

Page 11: ...12 49 1 Set SLIP 12 96 12 49 2 Define SLIP 12 97 12 50 Set Define SNMP 12 98 12 51 Set Define Telnet Hosts 12 99 12 52 Show Monitor List Commands 12 100 12 52 1 Show Monitor List Dialback 12 100 12 52 2 Show Monitor List Hosts 12 100 12 52 3 Show Monitor List IPsecurity 12 100 12 52 4 Show Monitor List Logging 12 101 12 52 5 Show Monitor List Menu 12 101 12 52 6 Show Monitor Nodes 12 101 12 52 7 S...

Page 12: ...Full Contact Information A 1 B Troubleshooting B 1 B 1 Power up Troubleshooting B 1 B 2 DHCP Troubleshooting B 1 B 3 BOOTP Troubleshooting B 2 B 4 RARP Troubleshooting B 2 B 5 Modem Configuration Checklist B 2 C Updating Software C 1 C 1 Obtaining Software C 1 C 2 Reloading Software C 2 C 3 Troubleshooting Flash ROM Updates C 4 Glossary Index ...

Page 13: ...TCP IP TCP IP is a widely used protocol that can be run on networks with Macintoshes PCs and Unix workstations Server support includes Telnet Rlogin DNS and the LPR and RTEL printing sys tems NetWare IPX SPX NetWare allows devices attached to the ETS to act as networked printers The ETS supports all Net Ware frame types Ethernet v2 Native Mode 802 3 802 2 and 802 2 SNAP In addition it sup ports bo...

Page 14: ...ttached laser printers ETS print services appear in the Mac intosh Chooser window like any other printer on the network Bi directional communication either a serial or IEEE 1284 parallel interface is required LAN Manager Support The ETS can be configured to appear as a print node to other LAN Manager nodes Supported sys tems include Windows NT and Windows 95 LAT and Digital Compatibility The ETS s...

Page 15: ...Use The server s Local mode supports command line editing command line recall and command com pletion An extensive Help facility is also provided Easy Configuration The EZWebCon utility provided on CD ROM allows users to configure the ETS from a any host machine running the Java Virtual Machine JVM It also allows remote host logins into the Server which are similar to Telnet and LAT logins Note Yo...

Page 16: ...on what is appropriate at that particular point Note See Help on page 12 13 for more information Host Initiated Connections The ETS may be configured to provide its attached devices as services to other nodes allowing hosts to share printers and modems AppleTalk LAN Manager LAT NetWare and TCP IP hosts can queue jobs to ETS services simultaneously The optional RTEL host software provides both prin...

Page 17: ...s in this manual describe the features and commands of the ETS Information is broken down as follows Chapters 2 through 6 cover general functionality Chapter 2 Concepts explains the basic ideas behind ETS operation Chapter 3 Getting Started explains available configuration methods as well as steps needed for reconfiguration and maintenance operation Chapter 4 Server Configuration explains server w...

Page 18: ...detail including syntax options errors examples and where to find related information Appendices provide supplementary information including Technical Support contact information troubleshooting tips and pinout information Note Installation and cabling are covered in your Server s Installation Guide ...

Page 19: ...r connecting devices across short distances at speeds up to 230 4 kb s Faster speeds require shorter cabling to ensure error free communications The maximum cable length at a given speed is determined by many factors including the immediate electrical environment and the quality of cable used but is usually less than 10 meters at high speeds Lantronix MSS models have RS 232 ports RS 232 devices ar...

Page 20: ...able 2 3 Network Protocols A network protocol describes the data contained in Ethernet packets The network protocols provided by the ETS are completely separate other than the use of the Ethernet data layer The following figure shows the protocol stacks supported by the ETS Figure 2 1 Supported Network Protocols There are three different Ethernet frame formats one of which is subdivided What is ty...

Page 21: ...re supported by the ETS under AppleTalk The Macintosh client will need to query the printer about status so only laser printers that reply to these interactive PostScript requests can be used The ETS parallel ports support Bitronics mode provided the attached laser printer also implements it 2 4 1 Addressing AppleTalk provides for dynamic node addressing allowing a node to choose its address at bo...

Page 22: ...eTalk enabled and that is located in the Engineering zone would have an NBP description of MyPrinter LaserWriter Engineering If the LaserWriter resource in the Engineering zone were selected in the Chooser one of the resources shown would be the MyPrinter service offered by the ETS The NBP type LaserWriter designates a PostScript printer so nodes printing to printers of type LaserWriter assume tha...

Page 23: ...ow network links dynamically For these reasons LAT traffic over wide areas is typically carried inside or encapsulated in TCP IP or IPX SPX packets The latter two protocols are fully routable and can handle wide area slow network links Note If LAT is bridged across slow links session time outs and errors are likely LAT software is built around the concept of services A service may be provided by a...

Page 24: ...hat the service modem is available a 255 rating until all eight modems are in use a 0 rating Service ratings may concern even casual users since they are used to determine which service a user will be connected to whenever there is a choice For example if a user types Connect Hub and five nodes offer service hub the user will be connected to the least busy node automatically In the case mentioned ...

Page 25: ...e server to implement VMS commands that change a user s terminal line For instance if user Bob connects to a VMS host and types the command Set Terminal Speed 2400 the speed will be changed on the host and the host will ask the ETS to change the real terminal line in this case Bob s serial port on the server This feature supports changes to parity and flow control as well Note Remote control can b...

Page 26: ...t Phred and would see the same type of session as it would with a direct terminal connection to terminal 5 Phred the CPU will also treat terminal 4 as if it were directly connected A Telnet connection begins with both parties in the connection assuming that the other terminal is dumb that it knows little about characters fonts cursor movement and so on The two sides negotiate options to determine ...

Page 27: ...rnets are usually broken down into networks where a host is able to see only the hosts on its own network or sub unit TCP IP networks then rely on routers or gateways to transfer network traffic to hosts on other networks Routers are typically connected to two or more networks and will pass or route TCP IP messages across network boundaries The ETS can be told explicitly which hosts are the gatewa...

Page 28: ...mmand the server manager can add hosts to this table This allows the user to enter a text name described in the table in place of an IP address which in turn eliminates the need to remember IP addresses The local host table is especially useful for sites that do not have a domain name server or in cases where a few hosts are accessed frequently The Show Hosts command displays all currently known I...

Page 29: ...l remove the IP address saved in NVRAM if there is one The ETS will use BOOTP or RARP to acquire an IP address at boot time and then it will request an IP address via DHCP once it is running If the runtime DHCP request fails the server will use the IP address stored in NVRAM If the DHCP request succeeds the ETS will use the resulting IP address It will not save the IP address to NVRAM or overwrite...

Page 30: ...without help from the hosts involved Note that since all the hosts are on the same network the ETS is not routing in the true sense of the word and any real IP routers on the network will not be affected by the SLIP sessions The ETS is only directing network traffic to the proper serial port The ETS checks each packet it receives to see if it is destined for the ETS or if it should send it to one ...

Page 31: ...t occurs on the ETS The ETS can generate limited forms of three SNMP traps It will generate a Coldstart trap when it first boots and a Linkup trap when the startupfile if any has been read from a host and normal operation commences If a startupfile has been configured but the download fails the ETS will send an Authentication trap In all three cases the trap will be directed to the IP address of t...

Page 32: ...interpretation the ETS Connect TCP command would be used to provide a raw TCP data stream to the UUCP host and specifically to UUCP port 540 Dedicated connections to the UUCP port can be made by adding the appropriate TCP parameters to the Port Dedicated command or by adding an environment string to TCP IP connection settings Outgoing UUCP connections can be made in a similar manner The UUCP host ...

Page 33: ...92 0 1 92 a Telnet connection from an IP host to this address will return the local prompt just as if the user had logged in on a hardwired port Also the ETS can advertise itself as a service to LAT hosts That is to say LAT hosts can connect to the server and obtain the local prompt Once an incoming LAT or Telnet connection has been started users can use the server as if they were connected on a l...

Page 34: ...ng Each NetWare node uses its hardware address as its node ID In addition the ETS gets all the networking information it needs from periodic broadcasts sent by NetWare routers on the network It will learn its own network number as well as routes to non local file servers No further configuration is needed The NetWare protocol can use all four Ethernet frame formats It will listen for all frame for...

Page 35: ...d backwards through sessions without returning to Local mode Setting session characteristics The Set Session commands allow you to configure each session to perform various amounts of processing on the input character stream For example it is possible to configure the session so that it does not interpret and strip out flow control characters It is also possible to redefine the Delete and Return k...

Page 36: ...ils on how to change the character size setting Due to the interactive nature of PostScript it is possible for the printer and host to get out of synch in their communication Since the printer interprets the entire PostScript job and then prints the pages it is possible for the ETS to complete the transfer and accept a new job while the printer is still digesting the last job For this reason an en...

Page 37: ...NMP TCP IP users connecting to the Telnet console port port 7000 will be prompted for the ETS s login password After entering the login password the user can issue normal configuration commands but will still have to enter the privileged password to issue privileged commands Connections to this port are not subject to the Set Define Server Incoming command and thus managers can log into this port ...

Page 38: ...mode and return to the interactive Local prompt Menu mode frees users from having to remember ETS syntax and generally prevents them from entering privileged configuration commands although it can be configured to allow them privileged access Configuring the menu is a two step process 1 The port is configured to use menu mode with the Set Define Port Menu command 2 The command entries themselves a...

Page 39: ...ther to the serial console port or to a network host via TCP IP using the syslogd facility LAT or NetWare Events that can be logged include user logins modem events printer state changes system boots system resets and a full record of commands issued on the ETS See Set Define Logging on page 12 25 for more information ...

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Page 41: ...s the EZWebCon configuration software or commands issued at the command line Local prompt Note To configure the ETS when a problem has occurred refer to the Troubleshooting appendix 3 1 1 EZWebCon The EZWebCon software is the recommended way to configure the unit EZWebCon guides you through configuration using a graphical interface Its configurations take effect immediately like Set commands and a...

Page 42: ...nd Line Interface To configure the ETS without using the EZWebCon graphical user interface you must enter configuration commands at the command line when a port is in character mode In character mode the Local prompt is displayed There are four ways to enter character mode Connect a terminal to the serial console port and press the Return key until the Local prompt is displayed Establish a Telnet ...

Page 43: ...characters Note The privileged and login passwords are case independent even when entered in quotes The ETS command completion feature when enabled will complete partially typed commands for you This can save time and reduce errors if you re entering a number of commands To use command completion type part of a command then press the space bar the ETS will automatically type the remainder of the c...

Page 44: ...command permanent For example users can enter several Set commands to configure a service then Save the service Note Settings that are made with both Set and Save behave as if they were configured using Define commands See Save on page 12 21 for more information Define Makes a permanent change that generally doesn t take effect until the unit is rebooted Define Port will take effect as soon as the...

Page 45: ...ry to type as many characters as are needed to distinguish the keywords from one another For example the following two commands are equivalent Figure 3 4 Full and Abbreviated Commands Note Extra white space more than one consecutive space between keywords is ignored 3 6 Maintenance Issues The following sections detail configuration that is required on a sporadic or ongoing basis 3 6 1 Changing the...

Page 46: ...are two ways to reboot the ETS pressing the Reset button while using EZWebCon or entering the Initialize command at the Local prompt Options to the Initialize command include rebooting the server reloading the Flash ROM code and restoring the unit s factory default settings The example below shows a simple immediate reboot See Initialize on page 12 14 for more information Figure 3 8 Rebooting the ...

Page 47: ...s stored code enter the Initialize Reload command from the command line Compressing the code and loading it into the Flash ROM takes approximately 30 secondst during which time the console port is unusable However the ETS LEDs will indicate continuing activity If the ETS is powered off or otherwise interrupted during the ROM programming phase the code in the ROMs will be invalid and the ETS will h...

Page 48: ...if configured to do so If another user is currently logged into the ETS as the privileged user you can use the Set Privileged Override command to forcibly become the privileged user The default privileged password for the ETS is system To change the privileged password use the Set Define Server Privileged Password command on page 12 76 to enter a new password of up to six alphanumeric characters I...

Page 49: ...the following command Figure 3 15 Enabling Login Password The ETS uses the login password to log into NetWare file servers If the login password is changed NetWare print queue setups must also be changed to reflect the new password 3 8 3 Maintenance Password The maintenance password is used for MOP TSM access to the server Unlike the other passwords the maintenance password is a string of up to 16...

Page 50: ... file they will not take effect until the next reboot Similarly Define Port commands will not take effect until the port s are logged out All other Define commands will take effect for the current boot The download file is re read at every boot unless it is re configured so do not put commands like Initialize or Crash 451 in the file Unless the startup filename has been changed an Initialize comma...

Page 51: ... be a TCP IP VMS or NetWare node name The asterisk should be replaced with colons or a backslash as follows use one colon for a TCP IP host two colons for a LAT host or one backslash for a NetWare host For example to download the file config cmd from TCP IP host TROUT at IP address 192 0 1 5 the following command would be used Figure 3 18 Downloading from a TCP IP Host Note You must define a names...

Page 52: ...nue booting Figure 3 21 Defining the Startupfile Note The ETS is not usable while retrying a download If the startupfile is not readable or if there is a problem with the file and the ETS cannot boot fully you will still be able to access the ETS via the NCP TSM and Telnet console ports Scripts written for TSM should work unchanged with the possible exception of privileged mode Set Privileged cann...

Page 53: ...T connections are disabled and incoming Telnet connections are enabled To allow LAT users to log into the ETS you must enable incoming connections using the Set Define Server Incoming command The following command allows both LAT and Telnet users to log into the ETS Figure 4 1 Allowing Incoming Connections Note For full command syntax and options see Set Define Server Incoming on page 12 68 4 1 2 ...

Page 54: ...s Dedicated and Access settings Otherwise the console could be rendered useless 4 1 3 Enabling Announcements The Announcements flag tells the ETS whether to broadcast local service advertisements and MOP remote console announcements to the network Normally enabled Announcements can be disabled if you don t want network users to see or connect to the local services If no services are defined the ET...

Page 55: ...e ETS name be sure to echo the change in any existing NetWare print setups 4 3 2 Network Timers The LAT network timers Circuit Keepalive and Multicast as well as the Retransmit Limit are set to default values at the factory and are correct for most networks They should be changed only if you are sure the change is necessary Figure 4 5 Changing LAT Parameters 4 3 3 Node Limit The Set Define Server ...

Page 56: ...al network number if the preconfigured internal network number does not meet your requirements Set Define Protocols NetWare Encapsulation controls which frame type to use when routing is disabled The choices are ETHER_II NATIVE 802_2 and SNAP which provide for Ethernet v2 Native mode 802 2 and 802 2 SNAP respectively Figure 4 8 Setting Frame Types By default Routing is enabled and all applicable e...

Page 57: ...4 5 1 IP Address To configure the ETS s IP address use a command of the following form Figure 4 10 Setting the IP address One of the most common problems is that of duplicate IP addresses on the network Signs of this problem are Telnet Rlogin connections that fail soon after connecting and ARP requests that do not find a known host If the server either loses its IP address when booting or will not...

Page 58: ...will store information In large network environments this will keep ETS network overhead down The host limit applies only to hosts that were not explicitly set in the host table for example hosts seen using rwho Figure 4 14 Setting a Host Limit 4 5 5 SLIP SLIP allows hosts to establish TCP IP connections over serial lines to the ETS and then onto the network attached to the ETS The ETS will route ...

Page 59: ...ow control characters Many devices can be configured turn flow control off but will still strip XON XOFF characters out of the data stream This is not acceptable The ETS will force the serial port s flow control to None for the duration of the SLIP session and will restore it when the SLIP session ends Hardware flow control is unaffected by SLIP operation Seven bit characters cannot be used the SL...

Page 60: ... one port in particular might look like the following Figure 4 17 Configuration of One Port An IP address can also be specified for a particular port if only one IP address will ever connect to that serial port Figure 4 18 Specifying an IP Address Default entries can be forced on new sessions so that users cannot override one or more of the port settings or server defaults Options enabled in the D...

Page 61: ... page 4 8 port settings and server defaults can be forced on any SLIP session started If Force is disabled the user can enter desired SLIP parameters on the command line provided the port is not dedicated to SLIP or configured for Autostart SLIP see below A SLIP session must be started The first command in the example below is used when a default SLIP address has been configured for the port If no...

Page 62: ...red by any communications equipment between the SLIP hosts Flow control between modems is particularly troublesome When Telnetting with SLIP Telnet directly to the desired host not to the ETS and then to the final destination Be sure that all IP hosts that send and receive packets over the SLIP line use UDP checksumming and don t blindly set the checksums to zero Hosts that do not check UDP checks...

Page 63: ...4 to autostart SLIP to one IP address Whenever port 4 s serial connection is active DSR asserted it will interpret SLIP packets The Local prompt will not be available in this case until Autostart is disabled 6 Give port 5 a different MTU than the server default since no IP address is specified for port 5 it will have to be specified in the Set SLIP command 7 Logout both ports so that the Define Po...

Page 64: ...nd configure the port accordingly Recall that you will need to use the Break key or your port s local key see the Set Define Port Local command to return to the command line from a service connection If you are new to setting up services you might want to try using the simple service in Figure 4 26 using a terminal as the print device 4 6 1 Creating a Simple Service A Line Printer Connections queu...

Page 65: ... the ports access to services that do not belong to any matching authorized groups For example you may wish to limit connections to a printer or to a certain set of ports on a server Figure 4 29 Service Configuration Example In order the commands in Figure 4 29 Enable group 1 and groups 2 through 5 on the server and assign them to any local services Define all local ports so they can access groups...

Page 66: ...to TCPport and Telnetport several other service options can be enabled on a service Table 4 1 Service Options Option Function AppleTalk Enables or disables AppleTalk access to the service Macintosh computers for example will see the service name in their Choosers if they are on the same zone network as the ETS Note that all AppleTalk enabled services on the ETS are assumed to be LaserWriter printe...

Page 67: ...itted if not desired The service is set up as with the previous example but a password has been enabled for both the service and the port Users who connect to the service locally or from another host on the network will have to enter the service password loco to use the service to connect to the modem and dial out This option can be omitted if not desired Note For more information on port settings...

Page 68: ... to enter a password Figure 4 31 Allowing Unrestricted Incoming Connections For security conscious systems the following commands can be used to only allow authenticated logins That is login attempts are subject to password verification Figure 4 32 Configuring Password for Incoming Connections Connection Methods on page 2 15 explains in detail the mechanics of setting up incoming sessions Note tha...

Page 69: ...ers can be added after the address term to change the defaults Incoming and Outgoing Disabled are the default settings for any Set Define IPsecurity command Incoming refers to users on other hosts attempting to log into the ETS Outgoing refers to local users connecting to other TCP IP hosts Port number 0 corresponds to the virtual ports that is users who log into the ETS from the network If no por...

Page 70: ...y mechanism for restricting SNMP access to the unit that is linked to the SNMP community name used To prevent easy access to the allowed community names the Show SNMP and List SNMP commands are restricted to privileged users SNMP configuration requires a community name and an access type Readonly Both read and write or None Clearing an SNMP entry requires that you enter either a community name to ...

Page 71: ... to the ETS serial console port designated as port 1 4 8 3 Event Classes The event classes that can be logged are Commands All commands issued on the ETS will be reported verbose output Network All users logging in from or out to the network will be reported Printer Changes in printer status lines will be reported Security All logins and Set Privileged events are reported as well as any password f...

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Page 73: ...re 5 1 Configuration Command Most port commands require you to be the privileged user Also many port commands require that the Define command be used rather than the Set command For a comparison of the Set Save and Define commands see Command Types on page 3 4 If you re entering a number of commands at once you may wish to enable the Command Completion characteristic When command completion is ena...

Page 74: ...in such as printers and modems and will not function for baud rates less than 1200 or for certain parity and character size settings 8 bit no parity and 8 bit even parity are acceptable If the attached devices will be using one speed permanently Autobaud can remain disabled See the Set Define Port Autobaud command on page 12 28 Terminal devices that will be running at 9600 baud will not need the a...

Page 75: ...F To enable XON XOFF flow control enter the following command Figure 5 6 Enabling Software Flow Control Applications that use the Ctrl Q and Ctrl S characters for example certain text editors will conflict with XON XOFF flow control and therefore an alternative method of flow control should be used If a user enters a Ctrl Q or Ctrl S these characters will be interpreted as flow control characters ...

Page 76: ... for a particular port If you enter the Connect Telnet or Rlogin command without specifying a service or host you are connected to the preferred service or host A dedicated service or host is the one a port will always connect to when logged in A port can also be configured for dedicated SLIP no other protocol can be run on the port The following sections show how to configure preferred and dedica...

Page 77: ...ure 5 15 Specifying a Preferred Telnet Host When the user logs off the service or out of the Telnet host or when the service or host cannot be reached for some reason the user will be logged out of the ETS As with preferred connections environment strings can be added to the commands to specify additional connection information 5 1 2 4 3 Dedicated SLIP A port can be configured to automatically run...

Page 78: ...ins as they typically do not have a Break key to use after the connection is made Note Use the List Port command to view virtual port characteristics 5 2 Modems Modems are usually connected to data equipment such as terminals or servers with a 25 pin DB 25 connector that allows the equipment to see all the signals the modem provides These signals include Ring RI Carrier Detect CD and Data Set Read...

Page 79: ...e ETS as a sign that it is connected The ETS now begins monitoring the DSR line while the session progresses 4 If the user logs out of the remote connection the remote modem hangs up and the local modem de asserts DSR The ETS then logs the user off the service and makes the service available again 5 If the local connection is closed for example by a Disconnect the ETS drops DTR to signal the mo de...

Page 80: ...s have one pin that can be used for either DSR or DCD If you are using modems this pin must be wired to the modem s DCD pin If you are using another type of device such as a terminal or printer this pin should be wired to the device s DSR pin Refer to the Pinouts appendix of your Installation Guide for instructions 5 2 2 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready The ETS asserts DTR when it is ready to accept inco...

Page 81: ... many modems can reload their saved configuration each time DTR is dropped by the ETS The modem will always be configured correctly after each use provided the user doesn t modify the saved settings 5 2 5 Modem Result Codes If the modem is configured to return result codes or status messages the ETS and the modem may start to babble A message from the modem will be interpreted as a user logging in...

Page 82: ...ETS These items should also be verified after any ETS port configuration Modem Control must be enabled Using modems on ports without Modem Control enabled will lead to security problems See the Define Port Modem Control command on page 12 43 for syntax and details Baud parity and flow control settings should be verified with the modem setup Autobaud should only be enabled if required 5 2 8 Testing...

Page 83: ...set up a dialback list of authorized users for incoming modem connections When a username matching one in the list is entered the port will be logged out and the user will be called back at the predefined number The Dialback system may be used for security purposes as well but does not absolutely guarantee security See Dialback Security on page 5 16 for more information 5 3 2 Dialup It is frequent...

Page 84: ... 5 3 5 Group Numbers Each port can be given one or more authorized LAT group numbers By default only group zero is authorized which restricts a port s access to only those nodes that offer services in group zero The ETS is also configured for group zero so by default all ports can access any services local to this ETS To allow port access to specific groups enter the Set Define Port Authorized Gro...

Page 85: ...e n denotes the port number To assign a new name to a port use the Set Define Port Name command Figure 5 24 Assigning Port Name A default username can also be specified for a port using the Set Define Port Username command When the username is specified with the this command users will not be prompted for a username upon login Figure 5 25 displays an example Figure 5 25 Specifying a Username 5 3 9...

Page 86: ...ports By default incoming Telnet and Rlogin connections are not required to enter the login password To configure the ETS to require the login password enter the Set Define Port Password command Figure 5 27 Requiring the Login Password 5 4 2 Menu Mode Ports that don t need or due to security concerns should not have access to the ETS command line can be put into menu mode In menu mode users are gi...

Page 87: ...port without disconnecting sessions When Lock is entered the user will be prompted to enter a password The port will then be locked until this password is used again to unlock it Figure 5 29 displays an example Figure 5 29 Locking and Unlocking a Port For information on enabling the ETS Lock feature see Enabling Server Wide Port Characteristics on page 4 1 To unlock a port without the Lock passwor...

Page 88: ...sical serial line signals are used for both features 5 4 5 2 Inactivity Logout To configure a port to log out after a specified period of inactivity use the Set Define Port Inactivity Logout command This command works in conjunction with the Set Define Server Inactivity Timer command which defines an inactivity limit as a particular number of minutes After the timer period has elapsed a port with ...

Page 89: ...red to reload its normal configuration each time DTR is dropped When dialback is used the ETS will verify the identity of incoming users by logging the port out and dialing the user back at a specified number Dialback may be configured to 1 Permit connections without dialback 2 Log out a port and call the user back 3 Terminate the connection when unauthorized users attempt to connect 4 Any combina...

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Page 91: ...minal s baud rate parity and character size settings Both the terminal and the ETS port must agree on these settings If the ETS manager has enabled password protection you will see the words Login Password Type the login password and press the Return key 2 If this port has no permanent username associated with it the ETS will respond with Username You can enter up to 16 characters as a username or...

Page 92: ...n Autoprompt determines whether a login prompt is sent back immediately when your port connects to a LAT service No Autoprompt means that you will have to press Return to obtain the login prompt Telnet and Rlogin sessions always return a login prompt upon connection Groups controls which of the port s Authorized Groups are enabled Authorized Groups are set by the ETS manager Loss Notification caus...

Page 93: ...r identification purposes not to be confused with the username which identifies who is using the port Password governs whether the ETS password is required for logins Security controls whether the port can execute restricted commands Session Limit sets the maximum number of open sessions the port can have at a given time The port session limit must be less than or equal to the ETS s session limit ...

Page 94: ...ion type logout or Ctrl Z Keep in mind that many LAT supporting terminals and hosts do not have provisions for a Break key that can be used by the ETS If you plan to connect to a remote host from the ETS and will need to return to Local mode be sure to set a Local Switch character see Break on page 6 7 Once the ETS has been defined as a service by your system manager you can connect to it from a V...

Page 95: ...nnect Local command at the Local prompt Figure 6 6 Connecting Locally The connection will be made to the specified port provided that the port is available Once the connection is established commands may be issued to the device attached to the serial port such as a modem or printer 6 3 4 Connecting to Remote Hosts Via Rlogin If Rlogin connections are enabled on both the ETS and the remote UNIX or ...

Page 96: ... of Telnet to connect to remote services that the ETS can see The following command should be used for a normal login Figure 6 10 Rlogin Command The command displayed below will attempt a connection through the ETS to service etsname The service can be local to the ETS or on another host on the network Either a LAT or a Telnet service can be used LAT will be tried first Figure 6 11 Connecting to a...

Page 97: ... various ETS functions If your terminal device has no Break key you can configure a local switch key with the Set Define Port Local command You can also enter the Set Define Port Break command to change where the Break key is actually processed by the ETS the remote host or neither By default the ETS handles the Break key and does not pass it to the remote service Not all keyboard Break keys funct...

Page 98: ...on Pressing the Forward Key once more from Sanfran moves him to the other end of the list to Irvine 6 5 4 Disconnect and Resume Two other useful session management commands are Disconnect and Resume The Disconnect command terminates the current session a specified session or all of your sessions In our example above Bob could type Disconnect 1 to terminate the Irvine session From the local prompt ...

Page 99: ...erminal either continuously or for a specified number of lines If your connection is regularly dropping characters you may be able to identify the problem Note If multisessions are enabled on a port only that port can issue a Test Port for itself 6 7 Status Displays Three sets of commands can be used to view ETS status displays The Show commands show the current availability of hosts and services ...

Page 100: ...in a non ready state such as ACK Busy or Error Show Protocols Shows an overall view of the network protocol counters unless a parameter is added to the command Specifying one of the following protocols shows detailed information on that protocol AppleTalk LAN Manager LAT NetWare or TCP IP Users can also display which protocols are currently enabled using the Enabled keyword In addition users can r...

Page 101: ...ypes Show Telnet Shows all of the current TCP IP nodes that the ETS can see including hosts listed in the host table hosts learned through rwho broadcasts and hosts resolved after Connect Telnet requests Show Users Displays the users on the ETS Each user is shown by name along with his her port number and current connection status Show Version Shows current operating characteristics of the targets...

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Page 103: ... or Telnet socket connections can be made directly to the ETS ports Instructions for all three methods are provided in the following sections Please read through the entire configuration procedure before beginning Note See the man pages included with the distribution CD ROM for a full discussion of RTEL functionality and configuration LPR LPR allows the ETS to look like a UNIX host that can print ...

Page 104: ... TCP connections to its ports These connections provide 8 bit clean full duplex data communication but they do require that the user provide his or her own software The RTEL software includes an example program showing how to form these connections The TCP Socket interface does not support queueing If the resource is busy when a connection attempt is made the connection will be rejected 7 2 LPR Pr...

Page 105: ...ueue named ETS_PRT The rm parameter is the name of the ETS in the host s address file the rp parameter is the name of the service as it exists on the ETS and the sd parameter specifies the name of the directory used to hold temporary spooling files 3 Create the spooling directory using the mkdir command and make sure it is world writable Figure 7 2 Creating a Spooling Directory The mx option may b...

Page 106: ... and later This section assumes that TCP IP Simple TCP IP and Microsoft TCP IP printing have been installed on the Windows NT host 1 In the Control Panel double click the Printers icon 2 Double click the Add Printer icon 3 In the window that appears choose My computer and click Next 4 Select the Add Port button and click Next lpr PETS_PRT etc hosts ...

Page 107: ... to your Windows NT documentation for instructions on installing the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service 6 Enter the name or IP address of your ETS on the first line and enter the name of your ETS print ser vice on the second line 7 Select the manufacturer and printer type 8 Enter the queue name ...

Page 108: ...IX hosts can be configured using either UNIX commands or the System Management Interface Tool SMIT application 7 2 3 1 Using UNIX Commands Using LPR on AIX hosts involves a slightly different configuration procedure The queue configuration file is etc qconfig and the format of the entry is different as shown in the example below Note the lack of colons and the required white space Figure 7 5 Examp...

Page 109: ... has been started will appear in the Output section of the next win dow Click Done To add and use a print queue 1 From the main window choose Print Spooling 2 Choose Manage Print Server and Manage Print Queues 3 Choose Add a print queue 4 From the dialog box that appears choose remote 5 From the next dialog box choose the desired type of remote printing 6 Add the following information to the Add a...

Page 110: ...nt queue so it can start printing Finally the lpsched command restarts the queuing system 3 Print to this queue using normal lpr syntax see Figure 7 6 7 2 4 2 Using SAM The System Administration Manager SAM application allows you to enable LPD printing and create print queues 1 At the HP prompt type SAM 2 From the main application window choose Printers and Plotters Click Open and choose Printers ...

Page 111: ...2 3 system These commands require that you are the superuser and in the bourne shell Figure 7 11 Creating a BSD Print Queue mkdev rlp rlpconf Remote Printing Configuration Enter information for remote printers or local printers accepting remote printing requests Please enter the printer name q to quit ETS_xxxxxx_P1 Is printer ETS_xxxxxx_P1 a remote printer or a local printer r l r Please enter the...

Page 112: ... link and run properly See the RTEL build man page for hints on building on unsupported platforms Note RTEL Binaries are provided for many systems and source code is provided for use on non supported systems See the Lantronix web site at http www lantronix com 7 3 1 Components of RTEL RTEL provides two main types of interfaces to the server The first is a printer backend filter for BSD SYSV and AI...

Page 113: ...nd install backend filter program or set up a named pipe and start the RTELPD daemon pro cess For instructions on how to do this consult the README files in the newly installed RTEL di rectory 7 3 3 Queueing with the RTEL Software A job can be queued by the host s print system lp lpr and others or by the ETS itself If you are only printing to one queue from one host to one ETS service the queueing...

Page 114: ...isplay on the ETS will show the order of jobs pending on the ETS The host s lp or lpr utilities must be used to show jobs queued by the host 7 3 4 Setting up the RTEL Backend Filter RTEL backend filters are designed to work with BSD SYSV and AIX type printing subsystems The backend filter simply accepts data from the queue manager and moves that data over the network to the terminal print server T...

Page 115: ... like to specify a p ort number or a s ervice name p p Please enter the port number 2 By default a password is not needed to connect to a service or a port Note that the word null actually means no password Please enter the password null The following options are available banner Print a banner page before every job binary Do not format data for printing expandtabs Expand tabs into spaces formfeed...

Page 116: ...ure 7 16 lpc status Information 7 3 5 Setting up the RTEL Named Pipe Daemon The basic concept behind the RTELPD daemon is to allow a UNIX system to use its own output filter programs that provide special purpose post processing and then write the data into a named pipe device The RTELPD daemon will read the data from the pipe and send it out over the network to a terminal or print server port Note...

Page 117: ...process closes the pipe device the RTELPD daemon will detect the end of file close the network connection then restart the job cycle by waiting for input to arrive on the pipe It is important to remember that data will only move in one direction through a pipe That is data will flow from the host to the printer but not from the printer back to the host Host application packages like NewsPrint shou...

Page 118: ...tinue the installation yes This install script will create a named pipe as the interface to the RTEL software This pipe will be used as the output device for your printing system Note that the full directory path must be specified for the pipe name i e dev rtelp1 Please enter a pipe name dev rtp1 Created pipe dev rtp1 with root ownership and world read write privileges If this is not appropriate f...

Page 119: ...d print a job the output should appear on the printer 7 3 7 Creating a SYSV Print Queue Using RTELPD To create a generic SYSV print queue using the RTEL pipe daemon 1 Create a named pipe as shown in Figure 7 17 2 Issue the following commands to create a simple queue Figure 7 20 Creating a SYSV Print Queue 3 Test the queue Ensure that the RTELPD daemon is running and print a job the output should a...

Page 120: ... attempt is made a TCP RST will be sent back to the host and the connection attempt will be rejected It is up to the application software to detect this condition and retry the connection Connections can also be formed to a specific port on the Server with the Telnet command s port number parameter For example to connect to serial port 3 on the Server first make sure the port is set to either Dyna...

Page 121: ... PostScript Attribute A very common problem when printing PostScript jobs from UNIX queues is including non PostScript data such as header or banner pages as part of the job When printing from a UNIX host machine verify that header and trailer pages are not sent See your host s documentation for information on preventing header and trailer pages Local DEFINE SERVICE ETS_P1 POSTSCRIPT ENABLED ...

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Page 123: ...S refer to your Novell documentation Lantronix also provides information on setting up NDPS in our FAQs on our support web site http www lantronix com support 8 1 Access Lists By default the ETS will only scan local file servers file servers one hop away for print queues to service File servers on non local Ethernets such as those with an IPX router between themselves and the ETS can be scanned fo...

Page 124: ...oes not use a login slot on the file server pserver does Note The pserver login uses the ETS name and login password to log into the file server If the default login password is changed NetWare print queue setups must also be changed to reflect the new password Printing can be configured in one of five ways The first four methods configure the ETS services as pserver devices while the fourth cover...

Page 125: ... located Figure 8 3 Defining the Directory Service Tree Note For an explanation of the structure of the NetWare Directory Service tree see your host documentation B Use the Set Define Protocols NetWare DSContext command to define the directory service context where the print server is located Figure 8 4 Defining the Directory Service Context C Enter the List Protocol NetWare Access command to ensu...

Page 126: ...ill display information about file servers printers and queues that the print server has found If a queue appears in JobPoll the print server has successfully attached to the queue If the print server does not successfully attach to the print queue see NDS Print Queue Troubleshooting on page 8 16 8 3 2 Creating Print Queues with NetWare Administra tor The NetWare Administrator management utility a...

Page 127: ...Quick Setup dialog box enter the necessary information Figure 8 10 Quick Setup Dialog Box A In the Print Server Name field enter the name of your Lantronix server B In the Printer Name field enter the name of the print service configured on your Lantronix serv er C In the Print Queue Name field enter the name of the print queue to create The name should be meaningful to your users and will not aff...

Page 128: ...r ensure that the PATH variable includes the required UNICODE tables 4 Create a Novell print queue named TESTQ on the ETS The following example uses an ETS named ETS_xxxxxx with a service named ETS_xxxxxx_PCL Figure 8 11 Creating Novell Print Queue 5 Use the nprint command to print a job to the ETS Figure 8 12 NPRINT Command F Public QINST Q Install Logged in as ADMIN Installing on GIZA NetWare V3...

Page 129: ...s print queues If you later change the ETS name you will need to update the file server s If you change the login password on the ETS you will need to add a password for the entry you just added Highlighting the ETS name and pressing Enter shows the Print Server Information menu in which you can change the ETS password 5 Use Insert to add the name of the service on the ETS which will service the q...

Page 130: ...ter 11 Highlight Server Info and press Enter Figure 8 19 Server Status Menu 12 Highlight Current Server Status Running and press Enter Available Options Change Current File Server Print Queue Information Print Server Information Print Server Information Change Password Print Queue Full Name Print Server Configuration Print Server ID Print Server Operators Print Server Status Control Print Server U...

Page 131: ...the ETS for printing and should appear on the proper physical port If the print port is in use the NetWare job should be visible via the ETS Show Queue display 8 3 5 Configuring Rprinter Configuring a ETS service as an rprinter device prevents any other users from using the service It will be tied to the rprinter node for as long as the node is running and pserver is executing on the file server O...

Page 132: ...mation option and press Enter Figure 8 24 Print Server Information Option You will see a list of configured print queues on the file server 3 Press Insert to create a new queue on the file server type the new queue name and press Enter Figure 8 25 Queue Name Example The name does not have to be related to the name of the ETS resources but should be short and easy to remember 4 Highlight the queue ...

Page 133: ...ble Options B Select Print Server Information and press Enter Figure 8 28 Print Server Information Option C Select the ETS name from the list of print servers and press Enter Figure 8 29 Available Print Servers Print Queue Information Current Print Job Entries Current Queue Status Currently Attached Servers Print Queue ID Queue Operators Queue Servers Queue Users Queue Server Candidates LAB_ETS Pr...

Page 134: ...inters Menu G Highlight the Name field and enter the printer name Press Enter Figure 8 33 Name Field Print Server Information Change Password Full Name Print Server Configuration Print Server ID Print Server Operators Print Server Status Control Print Server Users Print Server Configuration File Servers to be Serviced Notify List for Printer Printer Configuration Queues Serviced By Printer Configu...

Page 135: ...pe to return to the Print Server Configuration menu 6 Select Queues Serviced by Printer and press Enter Figure 8 35 Print Server Configuration Menu 7 Highlight the desired rprinter from the list of configured rprinters and press Enter Figure 8 36 Defined Printers Menu Printer Types Parallel LPT1 Parallel LPT2 Serial COM 1 Serial COM 2 Remote Parallel LPT1 Remote Parallel LPT2 Remote Serial COM 1 R...

Page 136: ...you entered on the ETS for the PRINTSERVER Figure 8 38 Restarting pserver as a VAP If pserver is running as an NLM enter the following Figure 8 39 Restarting pserver as an NLM If pserver is running on a dedicated PC start it by entering the following Figure 8 40 Restarting pserver on a Dedicated PC At this point the ETS will connect the port to the rprinter file server and the port is ready to pri...

Page 137: ...bleshooting Things to Check Suggestion Verify that the server name appears and that it matches the server and service names Try PCONSOLE If you are using NetWare 4 0 use the F4 key to enter bindery emulation mode Verify that the NetWare access table will allow access to the specified file server By default only local non routed file servers are scanned for queues See Access Lists on page 8 1 for m...

Page 138: ...OK None needed 1 Print server ran out of memory Cycle power on the box If the problem persists disable the unused protocols and change the Net Ware access list to only include file servers which have print queues associated with them 2 3 Unexpected response from file server Report the problem to Lantronix Technical Support 4 No printers found for the print server Check to make sure that there are ...

Page 139: ...t the print server has associated printers and that the print ers have associated queues fffffd69 DS Database locked An administrator is probably updating the data base Wait a few minutes and issue the Set Pro tocol NetWare Reset command fffffd63 Invalid password Make sure the password for the print server object under PCONSOLE is the same as the login password for the print server If the login pa...

Page 140: ...vers to scan for jobs The print server has successfully attached to the queue Type NETSTAT at the Local prompt This will display information about fileservers printers and queues that the print server has found If a queue is in JobPoll the print server has successfully attached to the queue The DSTree DSContext and DSLicense Type Show Protocol NetWare NDS This command shows the tree and the contex...

Page 141: ...e print server has associated printers and that the printers have associated queues 0xfffffd69 DS Database is locked An administrator is probably updating the database Wait a few minutes and issue the Set Protocol NetWare Reset command 0xfffffd63 The password is invalid The password for the print server object under PCON SOLE must match the Server s login password If the login password on the Serv...

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Page 143: ...llows programs to treat a LAT connection as a physical port for input and output For example a printer might be configured to use port LTA3419 which might be connected or mapped to port 2 on the ETS The LAT port can be mapped to either a service or a specific port on the ETS To configure LAT on your VMS host machine so that users can connect to a remote port use the LATCP program to create a new u...

Page 144: ...mber of line feeds by default To disable this behavior enter the following command Figure 9 6 Keeping Form Feeds Note See your VMS documentation for more information about terminal characteristics 9 1 2 Printing to a Service Printing using a LAT service requires the creation of three items a LAT service on the ETS a LAT device application port that references the print resource and a print queue t...

Page 145: ...form and a reset module The reset module will contain the Ctrl D ASCII 0x4 that the printer needs to finish and eject the job 1 Create the PostScript form using the following commands where formnum is any unused form num ber Figure 9 12 Creating a PostScript Form Note Use Show Queue Form All to see the form numbers that are currently in use In the figure above the width setting prevents the spoole...

Page 146: ...ible via TCP IP This allows LAT print jobs to traverse a router based network via TCP IP that LAT itself would not otherwise be able to The VMS host uses a print queue on a LAT device as usual but the LAT device will have a destination port containing a capital Q followed by the name of the print service on the remote ETS The destination port is really an environment string See Environment Strings...

Page 147: ...installed if you plan to use the Source command or Startupfile option to download a configuration file into your ETS It is also required for sending syslog information to a VMS host The process runs on a VMS machine and waits for a download connection then tries to download the requested file to the ETS Two steps are required to use the download server First the server code must be compiled on you...

Page 148: ... chapter for more details The ETS must be able to find the VMS host in order to utilize the download process If the node limit on the ETS is set to zero it may not be able to locate the VMS host For downloading to work reliably ensure that the ETS node limit is non zero See Set Define Server Node Limit on page 12 75 for more information on node limits 9 3 Troubleshooting 9 3 1 VMS Printer Troubles...

Page 149: ...s such as baud rate parity and flow control match the settings needed for the printer Issue the following ETS command to see if the host is attempting to make a LAT connection Figure 9 25 Monitor Queue Command When a job is active a queue entry from the VMS host to the specified service should appear As a last resort connect a terminal to the port and see if data is appearing on the terminal when ...

Page 150: ...n the LPC administrative utility enter the follow ing commands to clear and reset the host queue abort queue_name clean queue_name enable queue_name and start queue_name Then kill the currently executing daemon remove all old entries in the queue enable the queue to accept new entries and restart job processing SHOW QUEUE FULL ALL queue_name note the error code nnnnnnnn SET MESSAGE SYS MESSAGE NET...

Page 151: ...on your ETS The LAT symbiont is specified as the queue process on the VMS host Use the VMS command Show Queue Full queue_name to see the queue characteristics For DCPS there is a bidirectional path to the printer and the printer is locked into PostScript mode Lock the printer in PostScript mode and issue the Test Ser vice PostScript Count n command This command sends a job to the printer and waits...

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Page 153: ...h as zone name and job time outs so modifying these settings on the printer itself will have no effect Changes to the printer s serial port will need to be reflected in the ETS port settings as well 10 1 1 Bitronics Interface Printing from a Macintosh requires bidirectional PostScript data flow Serial ports are inherently bidirectional but not all parallel ports are For that reason Lantronix ETS u...

Page 154: ...ices should be visible like any other AppleTalk printer and print queues should be able to access the ETS as any other AppleTalk printer Due to the variety of software packages and their configurations setup details cannot be shown here refer to your local documentation for details Note that native UNIX and TCP IP printing methods such as lp and lpr are generally easier to set up and administer th...

Page 155: ... from the printer to track down the problem see Error Messages on page 10 4 Table 10 1 Troubleshooting Macintosh Printing Problem Possible Cause Explanation Remedy Special characters or bitmaps don t print correctly The printer is config ured for 7 bit characters rather than 8 bit Use the Set Define Port Character Size command to change the character size to 8 bits The print job doesn t print The ...

Page 156: ...s can be configured via PostScript as well as by switches on the printer itself PostScript configuration takes precedence over the switches If you are unsure of the current saved setup check your printer manual for a way to force the printer to obey the switch settings This typically involves switching the printer to LocalTalk mode for a minute and then back to serial mode A readable error that sa...

Page 157: ...10 3 2 Host Troubleshooting Local Connect Local Table 10 2 AppleTalk Host Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation The printer is available to be selected in the Chooser Make sure the printer is in the right zone Bi directional communication Lock the printer in PostScript mode and issue the Test Service PostScript Count n command This sends a job to the printer and waits for the response ...

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Page 159: ...s NT 3 5 1 and later on page 7 4 for LPR configuration instructions The following sections cover DLC and NetBIOS protocol configuration for Windows NT hosts Note There are also third party LPR implementations contact Lantronix Technical Support for more information 11 1 1 DLC To use the DLC protocol you must associate the DLC characteristic with a service Figure 11 1 Enabling DLC Open the NT Print...

Page 160: ...e is confirmed to be running properly 6 In the Print To box scroll to the Other option The following dialog box will appear Figure 11 3 Print Destinations Dialog Box 7 Choose Hewlett Packard Network Port and click OK The following dialog box will appear Figure 11 4 Hewlett Packard Network Port Dialog Box All known DLC nodes will be listed in the Card Address box 8 Select the ETS hardware address E...

Page 161: ...need to redirect a port 1 Choose one of the lpt ports to redirect typically the ports to choose from will be lpt1 through lpt4 Make sure that the chosen port doesn t currently have a printer connected to it 2 Double click the DOS Command Prompt icon to open a DOS session 3 At the DOS prompt issue the Net Use command to indicate that the lpt port will be redirected to the ETS service In the example...

Page 162: ...line printer driver and will see the embedded print codes 8 If you d like this printer to be the default printer click on the Default pop up menu in the Print Man ager dialog and scroll to the printer s name see Figure 11 6 on page 11 3 11 2 Windows NT Troubleshooting If you ve followed the setup instructions listed in this chapter Windows NT printing should run smoothly However there are two pote...

Page 163: ...an be entered in any order or combination on a single command line or items in brackets may be left out of the command entirely Curly braces indicate that one and only one of the items enclosed within each set of braces must be used to complete the command 12 2 Command Line Interface Command line entry is both simple and powerful Users can enter up to 132 characters on a command line or abbreviate...

Page 164: ...ose Return Executes the current command line Delete Deletes the character before the cursor Ctrl A Toggles insert overstrike modes Overstrike is on by default Ctrl D Logs out of the ETS Ctrl E Moves cursor to end of line Ctrl H or Backspace Moves cursor to the beginning of the line Ctrl R Re displays the current command Ctrl U Deletes the entire current line Ctrl Z Logs out of the ETS Left Arrow M...

Page 165: ...ith a sequence of key letters some of which are prefaced by either or The generic key letters are Telnet hostname Specify a Telnet host to use for the connection Either a text host name or an IP address can be used Environment strings can be added Rlogin hostname Specifies an Rlogin connection to the specified Telnet host Examples Local ATTACH PORT 2 fileserver NODE opus DES port_2 See Also Connec...

Page 166: ...2 31 Show Monitor Sessions page 12 111 Session Management page 6 7 12 5 Bg Bg is functionally equivalent to the Backwards command see above It is provided for UNIX compatibility 12 6 Broadcast Sends a message to one port all ports or a particular user on the ETS This command can only be used if broadcasts have been enabled on the ETS The sender will be notified if a message is not received Applies...

Page 167: ...AST PORT 7 Ready for lunch Local BROADCAST Fred Meeting in 10 min See Also Set Define Port Broadcast page 12 32 Set Define Server Broadcast page 12 63 12 7 Clear Purge Commands 12 7 1 Clear Purge Dialback Clears a dialback setting for a particular username or for all usernames Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use the All parameter Errors...

Page 168: ...ocal PURGE IPSECURITY 192 0 1 255 Local CLEAR IPSECURITY ALL See Also Set Define IPsecurity page 12 23 Show Monitor List IPsecurity page 12 100 IP Security Table page 4 16 12 7 4 Clear Purge Menu Removes an entry or entries from the menu used in menu mode Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters MenuNum Remove a speci...

Page 169: ...or List Protocols page 12 104 NetWare Access Lists page 4 4 Access Lists page 8 1 12 7 6 Clear Purge Service Removes a defined service from the ETS The login service can not be deleted via the Clear Purge commands you must use Set Define Server Incoming to remove them Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors Clear Service...

Page 170: ...le entries CommunityName Enter a community name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters The ETS generally allows multiple community names Examples Local CLEAR SNMP public See Also Set Define SNMP page 12 98 Show Monitor List SNMP page 12 112 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP page 2 13 12 7 9 Clear Purge Telnet Hosts Removes a TCP IP host entry from the ETS table of known hosts If the cleared hos...

Page 171: ...ANSI Applies To ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P See Also Set Define Port Type page 12 54 12 10 Connect Establishes a session with a LAT service or TCP IP host If no service or hostname is specified a connection to any preferred service or host is attempted A session environment string can be added to the connect request refer to Environment Strings on page 2 15 A colon and port number can also be ad...

Page 172: ...ll be accessed Environment EnvString Sets up the connection environment before the session is started The string is constructed with a sequence of key letters some of which are prefaced by either or The generic key letters are Local A shorthand method for connecting to a local port without having to create a service This method works only for local port connections Check to make sure this is still...

Page 173: ...pline dumping is enabled the ETS generates a dump file on the VMS load host before rebooting Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Initialize page 12 14 Rebooting the Server page 3 6 12 12 Define Define is equivalent to Set but Define changes the permanent characteristics of ports servers and services Define Port and...

Page 174: ...is command is an implementation of the UNIX Finger command that shows local and remote users The finger command by itself will show the ports on the ETS Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors An error is displayed if the host cannot be accessed Parameters username Shows information about user username on the ETS username host Shows information regarding user username on the specified...

Page 175: ...o EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors Forward has no effect if there is only one session and an error is displayed if no sessions are active See Also Set Define Port Break page 12 31 Set Define Port Forward page 12 40 Set Define Port Local page 12 41 Backwards and Forwards page 6 7 12 17 Help Lets you access the online Help system Enter Help with no parameters to see a list of all available ...

Page 176: ...mmand Parameters Cancel Cancels any impending Initialize command Cancel and Delay cannot be used together Delay Schedules the Initialize after a specified number of minutes the range is 0 120 minutes Show Server Status will show the time pending until a scheduled reboot Factory Causes the ETS to reload the factory settings In addition to Set configurations all Saved and Defined settings will be cl...

Page 177: ... a shorthand for the Connect LAT command on page 12 31 and is provided for simplicity If a preferred service has been defined the service parameter is optional An environment string can also be added to the command Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P See Also Connect page 12 9 Set Define Port Preferred page 12 46 Environment Strings page 2 15 12 22 List List is similar to the Show comman...

Page 178: ...ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions Secure users may not lock their ports Examples Local LOCK Password donut not echoed Verification donut Unlock password donut Local See Also Set Define Server Lock page 12 71 Unlock Port page 12 119 Locking a Port page 5 15 12 24 Logout Logs out the current port or another port if specified disconnecting all of the port s open sessions Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS1...

Page 179: ...e which can be either 7 or 8 stopbits Enter the desired stop bit count which can be either 1 or 2 Examples Local MODE COM4 9600 even 1 7 See Also Set Define Port Commands beginning on page 12 27 12 27 Monitor Monitor commands are the same as Show commands except that the displayed information is continuously updated approximately every three seconds The display can be stopped by pressing any key S...

Page 180: ...either a text hostname or IP address Examples Local PING 192 0 1 23 Local PING hydra local net See Also Installation Guide 12 31 Purge Purge commands permanently remove an entry service or IP host from the ETS s database when the unit is rebooted Purge does not affect the current operating characteristics The one exception to this rule is the Purge SLIP command explained next Because Purge is simi...

Page 181: ...2 95 Show List SLIP page 12 112 Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP page 2 12 SLIP page 4 6 12 32 Remove Queue Removes requests for local services from that service s queue Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters All Removes all requests in the local ETS queue Entry number Removes the specified queue entry Use the Sho...

Page 182: ...is returned if the attempted nameservice fails 12 34 Resume Leaves Local mode and resumes the current active session or a specified session Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors An error is returned if there are no active sessions Parameters number Enter the number of the session you wish to resume Session lists can be viewed with the Show Sessions command Examples Local RESUME Loca...

Page 183: ...nges permanent you can just issue the Save command after you have configured a port service server or printer For example Save Service print4me will save any options configured with Set commands for a service named print4me since the ETS booted Note You cannot save the login service you must use the Define Server Incoming command to make it permanent Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P R...

Page 184: ...h the current Telnet or LAT session Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Parameters command The command can be one of the following Examples Local SEND AYT Local SEND SYNCH See Also LAT and TCP IP Connectivity page 2 15 Table 12 4 Send Command Strings Abbreviation Stands for AO Abort Output Telnet LAT AYT Are You There Telnet LAT BRK Break Telnet LAT EC Erase Character Telnet EL Erase Lin...

Page 185: ...A text name up to 20 characters long command A string of text up to 30 characters long that will be executed when the user connects to the ETS Examples Local SET DIALBACK robert atdt555 1234 See Also Set Define Port Dialback page 12 36 Dialback page 5 11 12 39 Set Define IPsecurity This command is used to add or change entries in the IP security table A port number of 0 is used to denote the virtu...

Page 186: ...logins from the network into the ETS and connections to the serial port Outgoing Restricts Telnet sessions to the network from the ETS Ports portlist Restricts connections to this address from certain ports and connections from this address to the specified ports If a portlist is not specified all physical and virtual ports apply Printing Restricts TCP IP printing for this address The restriction ...

Page 187: ...olon for TCP IP hosts a backslash for NetWare fileservers or the word console if logging events are to be sent to a console terminal Note The host must be configured to support logging See Event Logging on page 4 18 for more information None Clears any enabled event logs and the log host name Commands Logs all commands that users type Modem Logs all incoming and outgoing modem activity including m...

Page 188: ... 12 43 for more information Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters ItemNum Enter a number from 1 to 32 that corresponds to the menu entry you are changing String A text string up to 32 characters long that is shown to the users in the menu screen Command The command up to 32 characters long that is executed when the...

Page 189: ...d the total number of physical ports Lists of ports must be separated by commas Ranges of ports must be separated by a dash Note In the absence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only Dynamic The port can both initiate and receive connection requests Local The port may initiate connections to services and only local logins are permitted This is the de...

Page 190: ... affect the current port only All grouplist Group numbers range from 0 to 255 They can be listed individually 1 3 12 and by range 3 25 110 112 with individual entries separated by a comma The default is group 0 enabled groups 1 255 disabled Examples Local SET PORT AUTHORIZED 0 2 5 101 See Also Set Port Groups page 12 40 Set Define Server Service Groups page 12 80 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 10...

Page 191: ...12 43 4 Set Define Port Autoconnect Connects a port automatically to the preferred service LAT or Telnet upon login You can still Break to local mode and use the Connect command to attach to other services Autoconnect is disabled if there is no preferred service defined Also if both preferred LAT and preferred Telnet services have been set the LAT connection will be attempted Applies To EPS4 ETS4P...

Page 192: ... Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 12 43 6 Set Define Port Autostart Determines whether the port will wait for the input of a carriage return before starting a connection If enabled the port will start automatically without waiting for a carriage return Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors A port enabled for autosta...

Page 193: ...ence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only character Any key can be specified provided it does not conflict with the line editing Forward or Break keys To specify a control character hold down the control key while typing the letter or precede the letter with a caret None Clears any previously configured forward switch character none is configured b...

Page 194: ...ume page 12 20 Set Define Port Local page 12 41 Break page 6 7 12 43 9 Set Define Port Broadcast Enables or disables other users broadcasts to this port This would typically be set whenever extra messages are not desired on the port s output device Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of ports or all ports Port numbers are speci...

Page 195: ... Local SET PORT CHARACTER SIZE 7 See Also Set Define Port Autobaud page 12 28 Set Define Port Parity page 12 44 Set Define Port Stop page 12 52 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Parity Character Size and Stop Bits page 5 4 12 43 11 Set Define Port Command Completion Enables or disables the command completion feature If enabled the ETS will attempt to complete partially typed command words when t...

Page 196: ...rification page 12 55 for more information An environment string can be part of the dedicated hostname see the Environment Strings section of the Concepts chapter for more information Note that via the environment string a dedicated host can be connected to via Rlogin not just Telnet WARNING Defining dedicated connections on all the server s ports is dangerous as it leaves no easy way to log into ...

Page 197: ...d Service ServiceName The port is dedicated to the specified service Destination port Specifies a connection to a particular port on the dedicated host This is desirable when more than one port offers the same service NodeName Specifies a connection to a particular node on the dedicated host This is desirable when more than one node offers the same service EnvString Sets up the connection environm...

Page 198: ...e dialback string will cause a modem attached to the port to call the user back at a certain telephone number for security reasons Ports with dialback enabled have a 30 second time limit for entering the username when logging in Note Enabling dialback automatically enables modem control but disabling dialback does not automatically disable modem control Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16...

Page 199: ...ted by commas Ranges of ports must be separated by a dash Note In the absence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only See Also Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Dialup page 5 11 12 43 15 Set Define Port DSRlogout When enabled the port will be logged out when the port s DSR signal is dropped This usually happens only when the attached terminal device...

Page 200: ... not be asserted DTRwait is disabled by default Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command DTRwait cannot be configured for Virtual ports Port 0 Errors Hardware flow control and DTRwait cannot be simultaneously active on six wire terminal servers the EPS4 ETS8 and ETS16 models DTRwait also cannot be specified with Modem Control Pa...

Page 201: ...s Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and the total number of physical ports Lists of ports must be separated by commas Ranges of ports must be separated by a dash Note In the absence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only CTS Specifies CTS RTS hardware flow control Disabled Deactivates the configured flow control method Enabled Specif...

Page 202: ... a control character hold down the control key while typing the letter or precede the letter with a caret None Clears any previously configured forward switch character none is configured by default Examples Local SET PORT FORWARD SWITCH X See Also Set Define Port Local page 12 41 Set Define Port Autostart page 12 30 Forwards page 12 13 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Sessions page 2 17 Backwa...

Page 203: ...open connections Inactive is defined as having no keyboard or network activity on the port The timer period is set with the Set Define Server Inactivity Timer command Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of ports or all ports Port numbers are specified with integer...

Page 204: ...keys To specify a control character hold down the control key while typing the letter or precede the letter with a caret None Clears any previously configured forward switch character none is configured by default Examples Local SET PORT LOCAL V See Also Set Define Port Break page 12 31 Set Session Passall page 12 95 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Session Management page 6 7 12 43 22 Set Defi...

Page 205: ...r Purge Menu page 12 6 Show Monitor List Menu page 12 101 Menu Mode page 5 14 12 43 24 Define Port Modem Control Specifies whether modem control lines are to be used Modem Control must be disabled to use DSRlogout Modem Control implies DSRlogout in that the ETS will attempt to log out any connections if the port s DSR signal drops Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P The EPS4 ETS8 and ETS...

Page 206: ...ysical ports Lists of ports must be separated by commas Ranges of ports must be separated by a dash Note In the absence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only portname A 16 character name composed of alphanumeric characters or the underscore _ character The default is Port_n where n is the port number If the name is not enclosed in quotation marks it...

Page 207: ...ers from the data stream If passflow is enabled XON XOFF characters which may be needed for flow control will be allowed to pass though to the remote device unchanged Passflow is disabled by default Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors Only works when XON XOFF flow control is enabled Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of ports or all ports Port numbers are...

Page 208: ... or Telnet for this port The ETS will attempt to use the preferred service for Autoconnecting and when no service name is specified in a Connect Telnet or Rlogin command Note that via the environment string a preferred host can be connected to via Rlogin not just Telnet Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters PortLis...

Page 209: ...ironment strings can be added such as R which configures a preferred Rlogin connection Examples Local SET PORT PREFERRED Vax5 Local SET PORT PREFERRED TELNET 192 0 1 3 C D Local SET PORT PREFERRED TELNET TODD See Also Connect page 12 9 Rlogin page 12 20 Set Define Port Autoconnect page 12 29 Set Define Port Dedicated page 12 34 Telnet page 12 115 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Environment Str...

Page 210: ...Define Port Queue Determines whether the port will be queued when it requests a connection to a LAT service that is busy If queueing is enabled the connection will be accepted in the order in which it was received by the target node If queueing is disabled the connection will be rejected Applies To ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Param...

Page 211: ...sence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only See Also Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 12 43 33 Set Define Port Security Restricts a port s access to terminal commands and its ability to get information about other ports Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters PortLi...

Page 212: ...ffect the current port only limit Ports can have 0 to 8 sessions The default limit is 4 sessions None Allows the maximum number of sessions allowed on the server See Also Set Define Server Session Limit page 12 80 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Show Monitor List Server page 12 108 Configuring Your Port page 6 2 12 43 35 Set Define Port Signal Check Determines whether or not the port will chec...

Page 213: ... ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors SLIP cannot be configured for Virtual ports Port 0 Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of ports or all ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and the total number of physical ports Lists of ports must be separated by commas Ranges of ports must be separated by a da...

Page 214: ...00 See Also Set Define Port Autobaud page 12 28 Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Baud Rate page 5 2 12 43 38 Set Define Port Stop Configures whether the port will use one or two stop bits The default is to use one stop bit Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of...

Page 215: ...Other TCP IP Parameters page 4 5 12 43 40 Set Define Port Termtype Specifies a terminal type for the port This terminal type is reported to the destination node in Telnet and Rlogin commands and is a completely arbitrary string Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Parameters PortList All Specifies a particular port or group of ports or all ports Port numbers are specified with integers be...

Page 216: ... dash Note In the absence of a PortList or the All parameter the configuration will affect the current port only ANSI VT100 compatible devices Softcopy VT100 without clear screen or cursor controls the default Hardcopy Deleted characters are echoed between backslashes there is no cursor movement See Also Show Monitor List Ports page 12 102 Other Port Characteristics page 5 11 12 43 42 Set Define P...

Page 217: ...Define Port Verification Determines whether the ETS will issue informational messages whenever a session is connected disconnected or switched It is disabled by default Dedicating a port will disable port verification See Set Define Port Dedicated on page 12 34 for more information Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to enter this command for ...

Page 218: ...d Secure users cannot become privileged Parameters Override Forces the current port to become the privileged port the previously privileged port loses the privilege Examples Local SET NOPRIVILEGED Password system not echoed Local SET PRIVILEGED OVERRIDE Password system not echoed See Also Set Define Server Privileged Password page 12 76 Privileged Password page 3 8 12 45 Set Define Protocols Comma...

Page 219: ...ocal DEFINE PROTOCOL APPLETALK ZONE AcctZone See Also Show Monitor List Protocols page 12 104 AppleTalk Server Parameters page 4 2 12 45 2 Define Protocols IP Enables or Disables the IP protocol and allows configuration of other IP parameters Some parameters may be duplicates of Set ETS commands the functionality is identical See the Set ETS commands for descriptions of the parameters not explaine...

Page 220: ...ger protocol Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also LAN Manager page 2 4 12 45 4 Set Define Protocols LAT Enables or Disables the LAT protocol and allows the ETS administrator to enter the string needed to enable LAT functionality The license number must be entered before any LAT functionality is available Applies To ...

Page 221: ...ommand Enabled Disabled can only be configured using the Define command Parameters Access Allows configuration of a list of fileservers that the ETS will contact for print jobs By default only fileservers on the local network will be queried this command can be used to add or remove additional fileservers SET DEFINE PROTOCOLS NETWARE ENABLED DISABLED ACCESS ALL fileserver LOCAL DSCONTEXT context D...

Page 222: ...nseString Enter the license string obtained from Lantronix to enable NDS on your ETS DSTree Configures the NetWare Directory Service tree in which the ETS is located treeString Specify the NDS tree using up to 47 alphanumeric characters Encapsulation In conjunction with the Routing option this option configures which frame types the ETS will pay attention to When routing is enabled all frame types...

Page 223: ...oot time fileserver The fileserver name can be up to 8 characters long The null string returns the setting to undefined None Clears the previously configured loadhost Poll Sets the poll interval in seconds for print jobs The default interval is 60 seconds num Enter a number from 1 to 255 Printserver Configure the fileserver to which the ETS will be dedicated for Rprinter operation pserver The prin...

Page 224: ...ocal DEFINE PROTOCOLS NETWARE LOADHOST LAB_FS4 Local DEFINE PROTOCOLS NETWARE PRINTSERVER LAB_FS4 Local DEFINE PROTOCOLS NETWARE ENCAPSULATION ETHER_II DISABLED See Also Set Define Protocols NetWare page 12 59 Set Define Server NetWare Loadhost page 12 74 Set Define Server NetWare Printserver page 12 74 Set Define Server Software page 12 82 Show Monitor List Protocols page 12 104 NetWare page 2 16...

Page 225: ...e Server BOOTP Enables or disables querying for a BOOTP host at system boot time Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Set Define Server RARP page 12 78 Editing the Boot Parameters page 3 7 12 46 4 Set Define Server Broadcast Enables or disables broadcasts from Local mode to the server s serial ports Applies To EPS4 ...

Page 226: ... and ETS16P 2048 Other units 512 Examples Local SET SERVER BUFFERING 1024 12 46 6 Set Define Server Circuit Timer Specifies the delay between LAT messages transmissions from the ETS to other nodes This setting should not need to be changed under normal circumstances and should never be altered while there are active sessions Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be th...

Page 227: ...Examples Local SET SERVER CONSOLE 5 See Also Set Define Port Character Size page 12 33 Set Define Port Parity page 12 44 Set Define Port Speed page 12 51 Serial Configuration page 5 2 Installation Guide 12 46 8 Set Define Server Domain Specifies the default domain name to use when attempting to resolve text TCP IP host names Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be th...

Page 228: ...nt network will be directed to the gateway for forwarding Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors If no gateway is defined an error message is returned Parameters Secondary If desired a secondary gateway can be configured for use when the primary gateway is unavailable IPaddress Enter an IP address in standard numeric fo...

Page 229: ...T 6 See Also Clear Purge Hosts page 12 5 Show Monitor List Hosts page 12 100 Show Monitor List Protocols page 12 104 Host Limit page 4 6 12 46 13 Set Define Server Identification Specifies the identification string that is broadcast along with LAT service messages The identification string is also broadcast as the ident string for a LAT login service Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P R...

Page 230: ...out page 5 16 12 46 15 Set Define Server Incoming Allows or denies incoming LAT or Telnet connections and enforces password protection if desired The Show ETS command shows the status of incoming connection parameters Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters LAT Enables incoming LAT connections only and creates a new ...

Page 231: ...rds page 3 8 12 46 16 Set Define Server IPaddress Sets the ETS s IP network address The IP address must be set before any TCP IP connectivity is available i e Telnet Rlogin and Reverse Telnet and before EZWebCon can be used It cannot be changed when there are active TCP IP sessions A default subnet mask will also be created when you set the IP address it can be overridden with the Set ETS Subnet M...

Page 232: ...0 See Also Show Monitor List Server page 12 108 Server Identification page 4 3 12 46 18 Set Define Server Loadhost Specifies the TCP IP host from which the ETS requests its runtime code For LAT loading ETSs this command has no function Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters Secondary Allows you to specify a backup l...

Page 233: ...this command See Also Lock page 12 16 Enabling Server Wide Port Characteristics page 4 1 Locking a Port page 5 15 12 46 20 Set Define Server Login Password Specifies the password that is used to log into the ETS from a serial port or the network when Port Password is Enabled If the password is not given on the command line the user will be prompted for it it will not be displayed when typed Applie...

Page 234: ...al DEFINE SERVER MAINTENANCE PASSWORD 89aacb See Also Maintenance Password page 3 9 12 46 22 Set Define Server Multicast Timer Specifies the length of time between ETS service announcement broadcasts for LAT circuits This parameter should not need to be changed under normal circumstances Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command ...

Page 235: ...elnet hostnames into numeric form if the local host table cannot do so Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters Secondary Allows you to specify a backup nameserver for when the primary nameserver is unavailable IPaddress Enter the network address of the nameserving host in standard numeric IP format Specifying 0 0 0 0...

Page 236: ... List Protocols page 12 104 Editing the Boot Parameters page 3 7 12 46 26 Set Define Server NetWare Printserver Used to specify the name of the print server VAP NLM running on the NetWare file server This is necessary when setting up the ETS as an RPRINTER client Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters ETSName Enter ...

Page 237: ...er Node Limit Sets the maximum number of LAT service nodes about which the ETS will keep information If the new limit is less than the current limit and the service table is full the number of nodes will be slowly pruned down to the new value Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters limit The ETS can be limited to bet...

Page 238: ...Set Define Server Privileged Password page 12 76 System Passwords page 3 8 12 46 30 Set Define Server Privileged Password Sets the password for becoming the privileged user or superuser of the ETS If the password is not specified on the command line the user will be prompted for it it will not be displayed Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user t...

Page 239: ...r users waiting for a local service If connect requests come in after the limit is reached they will be rejected Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters limit A value between 0 and 32 the default If 0 is specified queueing is not allowed and only the user with possession of the service may use it None There will be n...

Page 240: ...the privileged user to use this command Parameters Always The ETS will reload flash each time it boots Default The ETS will only reload flash when told to do so the default See Also Initialize page 12 14 Reloading Operational Software page 3 7 12 46 35 Set Define Server Retransmit Limit Specifies the number of retries attempted if a network message receives no acknowledgment This limit may need to...

Page 241: ...way on page 12 66 Set Define Server Loadhost on page 12 70 and Set Define Server Nameserver on page 12 73 12 46 38 Set Define Server Serial Delay Changes the amount of time the ETS will wait before sending data out to the network after a connection has been made to the serial port When a network connection has been established and the first serial character is received a timer starts When the time...

Page 242: ...s can be separated by commas Group 0 is the only group enabled by default Enabled The given group numbers are added to the ETS s list of service groups Disabled The group numbers are removed from the ETS s list of service groups Examples Local DEFINE SERVER SERVICE GROUPS 2 5 6 8 44 ENABLED Local SET SERVER SERVICE GROUPS ALL DISABLED See Also Set Define Port Authorized Groups page 12 28 Show Moni...

Page 243: ... status messages Note This command only works with BOOT ROM versions Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Show Monitor List Server page 12 108 Editing the Boot Parameters page 3 7 12 46 42 Set Define Server SLIP Password Configures the password required to start SLIP mode on a port If the password is not provided on...

Page 244: ...d reset at boot time Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters filename Enter the desired loadfile name of up to 11 characters or path of up to 26 characters The ETS will add the SYS extension to the filename File names and paths should be placed in quotes to preserve case Examples Local DEFINE SERVER SOFTWARE ETS Loca...

Page 245: ...load from a Novell fileserver Enter the proper node and filename The path should exceed 47 characters None Clears any previously configured startupfile name host and retry setting Retry num Specifies how many times to retry the download attempt The default is 5 If zero is specified the ETS will retry until the startupfile is read indefinitely Examples Local DEFINE SERVER STARTUPFILE bob start RETR...

Page 246: ...nd attempt to connect any logins there to a service called UUCP typically a serial line with an attached modem Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors If a UUCP service does not exist the connection will be closed See Also UUCP Support page 2 14 12 47 Set Define Service Commands 12 47 1 Set Define Service Creates a local...

Page 247: ...osh chooser screens Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 TCP Telnet Service Sockets page 4 14 Macintosh Service Configuration page 10 2 12 47 3 Set Define Service Banner Specifies whether the ETS will print a banner page before starting a print job...

Page 248: ...ll handle DLC print requests from Windows NT hosts Note that only one service on the ETS can have DLC enabled at any time Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 TCP Telnet Service Sockets page 4 14 DLC page 11 1 12 47 6 Set Define Service EOJ Specifi...

Page 249: ...TS16P See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 TCP Telnet Service Sockets page 4 14 12 47 8 Set Define Service Identification Specifies an identification string for this service to be sent by the ETS in multicast messages Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters IDstring Enter up t...

Page 250: ...ies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 Printing from LAT page 9 1 12 47 11 Set Define Service NetWare Enables or disables NetWare access to the specified service Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user t...

Page 251: ...or Disabled is specified the ports listed will be added or removed from the port list respectively If neither option is given the ports listed will replace the old list Ports offering a service must be in the correct access mode for connections to succeed Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters PortList All Specifies...

Page 252: ...4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 TCP Telnet Service Sockets page 4 14 12 47 15 Set Define Service PSConvert Controls whether the ETS will place a PostScript wrapper around each job The ETS will try to detect if the job is already PostScript in which case it would...

Page 253: ...e 12 7 Set Define Service EOJ page 12 86 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 12 47 18 Set Define Service TCPport Specifies a TCP listener socket for this service TCP connections to the socket are accepted or rejected based on the availability of the service Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Parameters portnum Enter a s...

Page 254: ...ort or a Telnetport may be configured for a service but not both See Also Clear Purge Service page 12 7 Set Define Service TCPport page 12 91 Show Monitor List Services page 12 111 TCP Telnet Service Sockets page 4 14 12 47 20 Set Define Service Virtual Creates a LAT service from a TCP IP hostname When LAT users connect to this proxy service they are given a Telnet session with the specified host ...

Page 255: ...e any effect if Passthru or Passall is in effect This command and the Set Session Newline command may be helpful if you are getting odd output from a Telnet session Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors An error is returned if no sessions are active Parameters Delete Sends a delete character ASCII 0x7f when the Delete key is pressed Backspace Sends a backspace character ASCII 0x8 Ct...

Page 256: ...ally Return This command has no effect when in Local mode or LAT sessions nor does it have any effect if Passthru or Passall are in effect This command and the Set Session Delete command may be helpful if you are getting odd output from a Telnet session Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Parameters CR Send carriage returns ASCII 0xA only LF Send linefeeds ASCII 0xD only CRLF Send both c...

Page 257: ...e 12 94 Set Session Passall page 12 95 12 49 Set Define SLIP Set SLIP and Define SLIP do very different things so they will be discussed separately Set SLIP can only initiate a SLIP session on your port The remote IP address and any options can be set on the command line or obtained from any server or port SLIP defaults Define SLIP is used to configure default SLIP parameters for the ETS as well a...

Page 258: ...choices for Broadcast Enabled Disabled and Default The Default setting takes its value from the SLIP defaults if none is set it defaults to Disabled MTU Specifies the SLIP connection s Maximum Transfer Unit maximum packet size in bytes Lower mtuval settings give less retransmission but are also less efficient IPaddress Enter the numeric IP address of the desired host Examples Local Set SLIP uses a...

Page 259: ...ettings can be overridden by user specified options or when the Force option is Set Port Specifies SLIP options that are intended to affect the port specified with the portnumparameter or the current port when no portnum is given Autostart If enabled the port will treat all serial input as SLIP packets and will run SLIP until the port is logged out The port will then remain idle until reactivated ...

Page 260: ...mand is entered Enter the desired host s numeric IP address Examples Local Define SLIP Port 5 IPAD 192 0 1 100 MTU 500 Local Define SLIP DEFAULT MTU RFC BROADCAST ENABLED FORCE ENABLED See Also Clear Purge SLIP page 12 8 Set Define Server SLIP Password page 12 81 Show List SLIP page 12 112 Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP page 2 12 SLIP page 4 6 12 50 Set Define SNMP Configures a community name ...

Page 261: ... if there is no name server to resolve host names If the given host name has already been configured the new IP address will replace the previous value Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use this command Errors IP addresses specified in a questionable format will be so noted Parameters hostname Enter the hostname string you wish to define ...

Page 262: ... 2 18 Dialback page 5 11 Status Displays page 6 9 12 52 2 Show Monitor List Hosts See Show Monitor List Telnet Hosts on page 12 113 12 52 3 Show Monitor List IPsecurity Displays the current or saved TCP IP security table Each address or address range is displayed including the direction of concern and the list of ports affected by the entry Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors An e...

Page 263: ... Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors An error is returned if the are no menu entries configured See Also Clear Purge Menu page 12 6 Set Define Menu page 12 26 Menu Mode page 2 20 Menu Mode page 5 14 Status Displays page 6 9 12 52 6 Show Monitor Nodes Displays information about all or a particular LAT service node s If the ETS has no knowledge of the specified node it will say so A...

Page 264: ...e ident strings of those services Summary Displays the nodes their identifications strings and the LAT protocol version the default Examples Local MONITOR NODE corky COUNTERS See Also Set Define Service LAT page 12 88 Node Limit page 4 3 Status Displays page 6 9 Printing to a Service page 9 2 12 52 7 Show Monitor List Ports Displays information about the ETS s ports The current port is the default...

Page 265: ...isplays information about a specified port Characteristics Displays the port s settings such as baud rate parity preferred services name username and group codes Counters Displays the port s local and remote accesses as well as the communication errors on the device Status Displays the port s connection status the number of sessions and information about the current connection It also shows the cu...

Page 266: ... with List Parameters AppleTalk Displays counters and status messages specific to the AppleTalk protocol Nodes Displays AppleTalk nodes their hardware addresses status and uptime Zones Displays available AppleTalk zones including those learned via routers Local Displays only those AppleTalk zones located on the ETS s local network segment Counters Displays general Ethernet counter information and ...

Page 267: ...t connect to a fileserver If the ETS hears from a fileserver that matches its own access list it will try to connect to the fileserver and scan for print queues If the connection does not go through there may be security or license limit issues 4 Couldn t log out of the fileserver This bit should never be set 5 Couldn t get ETS name and password cre dentials from fileserver during login Login fail...

Page 268: ...They are listed in the following table Examples Local SHOW PROTOCOLS APPLETALK ZONES Table 12 9 NDS Failure Reasons Bit NDS Error Reason 0 Success 1 Print server ran out of memory 2 Unexpected response from file server 3 Unexpected response from file server 4 No printers found for the print server 5 No queue found for the printer 6 Login failed 7 Authentication failed 8 Print server cannot attach ...

Page 269: ... the Monitor Queue command Parameters All Displays all queue entries regardless of type Node Displays only connect requests from a specific network node nodename Enter the name of the node whose queue you wish to view Port Displays the entries that could be serviced by the specified port portnum Enter a valid ETS port number Service Displays the entries waiting for the specified service servicenam...

Page 270: ...s You must be the privileged user to use the Monitor Server command Errors Counters and Status are not valid with List Parameters Bootparams Displays parameters related to rebooting the unit and reloading the software file Characteristics Displays the LAT network settings the IP addresses the ETS s enabled characteristics for example Broadcast and the local limits such as password queue and sessio...

Page 271: ...mple bits 2 and 3 are set Table 12 11 Counters Display Fields Field Meaning of Counter Frames sent with xx collisions Gives a rough estimate of Ethernet traffic In general higher traffic levels cause more collisions Bad Destination Counts packets that the ETS received for an unsupported protocol These are generally multicasts or broadcast pack ets frequently seen unknown protocols include LAVC and...

Page 272: ...d for a text hostname Packet received with an invalid data checksum 3 Transmit aborted due to excessive more than 16 network collisions FIFO overrun could not write received data before new data arrived Attempted nameservice failed Packet received with an invalid data header 4 Carrier sense was lost during transmission Receive packet could not be accommodated due to lack of available receive buffe...

Page 273: ...rent port service Displays any known information about this service Wild cards are permitted Characteristics Displays the service s rating group codes and if the service is local the service ports and service flags such as Queueing Connections and Password Status Displays the service name offering node availability status and ident string Summary Displays the service ident string and availability ...

Page 274: ... be displayed The List command displays permanently configured address port pairs as well as any configured SLIP default options Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Errors The Port option cannot be specified with List See Also Clear Purge SLIP page 12 8 Set Define SLIP page 12 95 Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP page 2 12 SLIP page 4 6 Status Displays page 6 9 12 52 14 Show Monitor Lis...

Page 275: ...vileged user to use the Monitor Hosts command Parameters ALL Displays all known TCP IP hosts the default hostname Displays host information for the specified port only Wildcards are allowed Examples Local SHOW TELNET HOSTS ALL Local LIST HOST MYVAXSTN See Also Clear Purge Hosts page 12 5 Set Define Telnet Hosts page 12 99 Local Host Table page 2 10 Local Host Table page 4 6 Status Displays page 6 ...

Page 276: ...eged user to use this command Parameters hostname filename For TFTP downloads enter the TFTP hostname either a text name or an IP address followed by a colon and the download path and file name The entire string must be in quotes node filename For MOP downloads enter a MOP node name followed by two colons and the download path and file name hostname sys login filename For NetWare downloads enter t...

Page 277: ...102 12 55 Su The Su command is functionally identical to the Set Privileged Noprivileged command detailed on page 12 56 It is provided for UNIX compatibility 12 56 Telnet Telnet is shorthand for the Connect Telnet command and is provided for simplicity Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Examples Local TELNET 192 0 1 252 Local TELNET 192 0 1 252 2812 connects to port 2812 Local TELNET do...

Page 278: ...ess If text names are used only LAT service names can be resolved to hardware addresses Examples Local TEST LOOP 45 a2 ed 48 12 3c Local TEST LOOP 12 68 df ea 38 c5 HELP REC ASS 78 23 ad 2c 11 4e Local TEST LOOP LABVAX 12 58 Test Port Tests a port s connection by sending a continuous stream of ASCII alphabetic characters from the port for a certain number of lines If no width or count is specified...

Page 279: ...he port instead of ASCII data The Count parameter controls the number of pages to print in this case and the Width parameter is ignored Width Breaks the stream of ASCII characters into lines that are each width characters long The width value can range from 1 to 133 The default is 70 characters Examples Local TEST Port Local TEST Port 4 WIDTH 45 COUNT 5 12 59 Test Service Tests a connection to a L...

Page 280: ...nd the printer This test will not generate any paper output Instead it should echo the PostScript data back to the ETS and issue a status message on the result of the test Note Autosensing printers must be locked into PostScript mode for this test to succeed Width Breaks the stream of ASCII characters into lines that are each width characters long The width value can range from one to 133 The defa...

Page 281: ...s command on page 12 113 It is provided for UNIX compatibility 12 63 Zero Counters Resets the counters for errors and other network and ETS events If no parameter is added to the command only the port counters for the current port will be reset Applies To EPS4 ETS4P ETS8 ETS8P ETS16 ETS16P Restrictions You must be the privileged user to zero a port other than your own Parameters All Zeroes all por...

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Page 283: ...uration including the information from a Netstat command Description of the problem Debug report stack dump if applicable Status of the unit when the problem occurred please try to include information on user and network activity at the time of the problem A 2 Full Contact Information Address 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 USA Phone 949 453 3990 Fax 949 453 3995 World Wide Web http www lan...

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Page 285: ...edy Power up diagnostic failure hardware failure Note which LED is blinking and its color then contact your dealer or Lantronix Technical Support Network Error The ACT OK LED will blink yellow 2 3 times per second Make sure the Ethernet network cable is properly con nected and reboot the ETS If that fails to resolve the problem reload Flash ROM Refer to Appendix C Table B 2 DHCP Troubleshooting Ar...

Page 286: ...pecify the complete pathname for the download file in the BOOTP configuration file or add a default pathname to the download file name The ETS and host are in the same IP network Some hosts will not allow BOOTP replies across IP networks Either use a host running a different operat ing system or put the ETS in the same IP network as the host Table B 4 RARP Troubleshooting Area to Check Explanation...

Page 287: ...nd dialing Set the modem and ETS for the same flow control method and baud rate scheme Set the modem to not send result codes or messages to the server except optionally during outgoing calls Set the modem to restore its configuration from non volatile memory when DTR is dropped Set the modem to answer the phone if incoming connections are to be supported Generally this is done with the ats0 1 com...

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Page 289: ...irmware and soft ware 5 From the available files select Latest firmware for ETS4P ETS8P ETS16P ETS16PR ETS32PR and ETS422PR Multiport Device Server 6 Click the Submit button You will go to a page that describes the selected software file 7 If this is the correct file click the Download ETS4P ETS8P ETS16P ETS16PR ETS32PR and ETS422PR Firmware VX X X Binary link If it is not the correct file use you...

Page 290: ... is a twelve character length limit for the filename Use the List Server Boot command to check settings before rebooting Note It is very important to check ETS settings before using the Initialize Reload command to ensure that you are reloading the correct software file C 2 1 Reloading Sequence If DHCP BOOTP or RARP is enabled on the ETS the ETS will request assistance from a DHCP BOOTP or RARP se...

Page 291: ...e a specific directory for the ETS SYS file in this case the path should not be specified in bootptab See your host s documentation for instructions on how to configure the ETS SYS file in a directory If BOOTP cannot be used to configure the ETS IP parameters manually configure them using the following commands Figure C 2 Configuring TCP IP Reload The path and filename are case sensitive and must ...

Page 292: ... steps Table C 1 Flash ROM Troubleshooting Protocol Area to Check NetWare Ensure the file is in the login directory Since the ETS cannot actually log into the file server it has very limited access to the server directories TFTP Check the file and directory permissions Ensure the loadhost name and address are specified correctly and that their cases match those of the filenames on the host system ...

Page 293: ... the characters that are being sent at login time Ideally the user could know nothing about setting up his or her terminal but would be able to turn it on and press the Return key and have the server configure itself automatically Autobaud will not work for all parity and baud rate combinations it will only function if the port is using 10 bit characters with no parity or with even parity It also ...

Page 294: ... denied If it is in the table the port is logged out and the Server sends a command to the serial port and presumably the attached modem to try to reconnect the user The command is commonly a modem command used to dial a particular phone number thus verifying that the user is accessing the server from the proper place DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP allows nodes on the network to lease IP ...

Page 295: ...is used to refer to a TCP IP node rather than TCP IP and LAT nodes For example the Show Hosts command displays only the known TCP IP nodes host table A list of TCP IP hosts on the network along with their IP addresses Storing this list locally means users wishing to connect to these hosts can use text names rather numeric IP addresses without using a nameserver See the Set Telnet Host and Show Hos...

Page 296: ...irtual port disappears Each login to the Server consumes a virtual port MAU Medium Attachment Unit This is a small device used as a transceiver between a Thinwire network cable and an AUI cable or a Thickwire cable and an AUI cable It consists of the physical adapter as well as the circuitry needed to convert signals from one medium to the other MMJ Modified Modular Jack These are the 7 pin connec...

Page 297: ...am NCP is a program run on VMS machines to configure local network hardware and remote network devices In the case of the ETS NCP can be used to remotely log into and reboot the Server or cause it to dump its memory to a host for analysis It is can also be used to access the ETS console port from a host VMS system NetWare A Novell developed Network Operating System NOS NetWare provides file and pr...

Page 298: ...ge asking for an IP address given its hardware address If a RARP server has been configured to reply to this node it will tell the node what its IP address should be Note that RARP provides less information than BOOTP but is more widely implemented repeater A network device that repeats signals from one cable onto one or more other cables while restoring signal timing and waveforms Repeaters are t...

Page 299: ... the hosts to the local host table eliminating the need to nameserve for their names Because the broadcasts are periodic typically 30 seconds to two minutes hosts that are seen with rwho and then removed from the local host table will reappear later Rwho usually has to be enabled explicitly on the host system and may not be enabled on large network environments where the extra network traffic is u...

Page 300: ... agents respond to these queries and allow a single host to gather network statistics from many other network nodes The Server provides this SNMP agent only it cannot generate queries to other hosts It only responds to them subnet mask A filter that tells the Server whether a node is on the local network or a remote network The ETS supports Telnet connections across networks through the use of gat...

Page 301: ...e 100BASE T Fast Ethernet cable It is similar physically to 10BASE T but capable of higher speeds 10BASE T Ethernet running across Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP cable Note that 10BASE T is a point to point network media with one end of the cable typically going to a repeater hub and the other to the network device TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol On computers that run the TCP IP networking softwa...

Page 302: ...tion that is given to logins When users log into the Server through the network or start a new session they are not connected to any physical port so they rely on the virtual port to manage the connection initially When the user logs out or the Server is rebooted the virtual port disappears Rather than force each user to configure his port every time he logs in a template port can be configured Se...

Page 303: ...4 Bindery 8 1 Print queues 8 2 8 6 Bitronics 2 3 10 1 DCPS 9 4 Boot gateway 3 7 12 63 Boot Parameters 3 7 BOOTP 3 7 8 19 C 3 G 1 Troubleshooting B 2 Break 2 17 4 16 6 4 6 8 12 31 12 41 Broadcast 4 1 6 8 12 63 Command 12 4 SLIP 4 9 12 96 12 98 C CD Carrier Detect B 3 Character size 5 4 Circuit timer 4 3 12 64 Clear command 3 5 Command completion 1 3 3 3 Command Keyword 802_2 12 59 Access 12 27 12 1...

Page 304: ...ll 12 15 LAN Manager 12 58 12 88 LAT 12 15 12 58 12 68 12 88 License 12 58 Limit 12 75 List 3 5 6 9 12 15 12 100 12 114 Loadhost 12 57 12 70 12 74 Local 12 7 12 27 12 31 12 41 12 102 12 111 Lock 12 16 12 71 Logging 12 25 12 101 Login password 12 71 Logout 12 16 Loss 12 42 Maintenance 12 72 Man 12 16 Menu 12 26 12 43 12 101 Mode 12 17 Modem control 12 43 Monitor 3 4 6 9 12 17 12 100 12 114 MTU 12 9...

Page 305: ...p 12 52 Stty 12 115 Su 12 115 Subnet Mask 12 83 Summary 12 102 12 111 Switch 12 31 TCPport 7 18 12 91 Telnet 12 10 12 36 12 47 12 99 12 113 12 115 Telnet Pad 12 53 Telnetport 7 18 12 92 Test 12 116 12 117 Timer 12 68 12 70 Timeserver 12 58 Type 12 54 Unlock 12 119 Username 12 54 Users 12 113 UUCP 12 84 Verification 12 55 Version 12 114 Virtual 12 92 Who 12 119 Width 12 116 12 117 Zero counters 12 ...

Page 306: ...and 12 12 Filters input output 7 2 Finger 2 14 12 12 Flash C 2 C 4 Flash ROM 1 4 G 2 Flow control 4 7 4 15 5 2 9 7 12 39 Setting 5 3 Formfeed service option 4 14 Forward key 6 7 6 8 12 13 12 40 Frame types 2 16 12 59 FTP C 1 G Gateway 1 2 2 9 4 5 12 66 G 3 G 8 Groups 1 4 5 12 Authorized port 12 28 Port 4 13 5 12 6 2 Service 4 13 H Hardware address 2 4 2 7 B 2 G 1 G 3 Hardware flow control 5 3 12 3...

Page 307: ...7 10 AIX hosts 7 6 HP Hosts 7 8 SCO UNIX hosts 7 8 Sun Solaris hosts 7 9 UNIX printing 7 1 LTA LAT application ports 6 4 9 1 9 5 9 6 M Macintosh print troubleshooting 10 3 Maintenance NCP password 2 19 3 9 Man command 12 16 Manual using 1 5 MAU G 1 G 4 G 10 Menu command 12 26 12 43 Menu mode 1 3 2 20 5 14 6 1 6 10 12 43 12 101 MIBs 2 13 MMJ G 4 Mode command 12 17 Modem 2 18 Basics 5 6 Baud rates 5...

Page 308: ...u 12 95 Passwords 1 4 3 8 Login 2 19 3 9 6 3 Maintenance 2 19 3 9 Port 5 14 12 45 12 48 Privileged 3 8 6 3 12 56 12 76 12 115 Service 7 18 SLIP 12 81 PCONSOLE 2 16 8 2 8 3 8 7 8 9 Ping 2 10 2 14 Command 12 18 Plotters 7 13 Port 0 5 6 Ports Access 5 1 12 27 Automatic logouts 5 16 Commands 12 27 Configuring 6 2 Dedicated 6 3 Displaying 6 10 DTRwait 5 13 Groups 12 40 Interrupts 5 12 Locking 5 15 6 9 ...

Page 309: ... RLAT RTEL translation 9 4 Rlogin 1 1 1 2 2 9 2 15 4 16 5 4 7 1 12 11 12 20 G 6 G 9 connecting to services 6 5 6 6 Name resolution 2 10 ROM G 7 Router 2 3 2 12 G 7 Routing 2 9 rprinter 8 2 8 9 RTEL 2 13 7 2 Backend filter 7 2 7 12 Formfeed option 7 14 General 7 10 Installation 7 10 RLAT translation 9 4 RTELPD 7 2 7 10 Service option 4 15 UNIX printing 7 2 RTS CTS flow control 5 3 12 39 rwho 2 9 2 ...

Page 310: ... 18 12 11 Software C 2 Software file 3 7 12 82 B 2 Showing 6 11 Software flow control 5 3 12 39 Software updates C 1 Web C 1 SOJ service option 4 15 Source command 12 114 Spooling directory 7 2 Startup file 12 82 Status displays 6 9 12 100 12 114 Stop bits 5 4 12 52 Stty command 12 115 Su command 12 115 Subnet 2 9 Subnet mask 2 9 12 83 G 3 G 8 Superuser status 3 8 syslog 9 5 12 101 syslogd 4 18 T ...

Page 311: ...7 18 UNIX printing lpr 7 1 7 2 RTEL 7 2 TCP socket connections 7 2 Using AppleTalk 10 2 Unlock command 12 119 Unlock port 5 15 12 119 Updating software C 1 Username 6 1 6 2 6 5 Users showing 6 11 UUCP support 2 14 V Verify 6 2 12 55 Virtual port 4 16 5 5 G 4 G 6 G 10 VMS 9 1 9 8 G 9 Configuration file 9 5 Printing using AppleTalk 10 2 Startup file 9 5 Troubleshooting 9 6 W Web browser interface 3 ...

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