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

Page 2: ... Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Corp Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Security Dynamics and SecurID are registered trademarks and PASSCODE PINPAD and ACE Server are trademarks of Security Dynamics Technologies Inc Copyright 2000 Lantronix All rights reserved No part of the contents of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or...

Page 3: ...egion 2 7 2 2 10 Change 80211 Reset 2 8 2 2 11 Change 80211 RTS 2 8 2 2 12 Change 80211 WEP 2 9 2 3 Change Access 2 10 2 4 Change Autobaud 2 11 2 5 Change Autostart 2 12 2 6 Change Backward Switch 2 14 2 7 Change Bootgateway 2 14 2 8 Change BOOTP 2 15 2 9 Change Break 2 15 2 10 Change Buffering 2 16 2 11 Change Charsize 2 16 2 12 Change Datasend 2 17 2 13 Change Dedicated 2 19 2 14 Change DHCP 2 2...

Page 4: ...2 44 Change Password Protect 2 38 2 45 Change Portname 2 38 2 46 Change Preferred 2 39 2 47 Change Privpass 2 40 2 48 Change RARP 2 40 2 49 Change Retransmit Limit 2 41 2 50 Change Rlogin 2 41 2 51 Change RS485 2 42 2 52 Change Secondary 2 43 2 53 Change Session Limit 2 43 2 54 Change Signal Check 2 43 2 55 Change Silentboot 2 44 2 56 Change SNMPSetComm 2 44 2 57 Change Software 2 45 2 58 Change S...

Page 5: ...5 2 94 Show Services 2 66 2 95 Show Session 2 66 2 96 Show SNMP 2 67 2 97 Show Users 2 67 2 98 Show Version 2 67 2 99 Source 2 67 2 100 SPX 2 68 2 101 Telnet 2 68 2 102 Test 2 69 2 103 Zero 2 69 A Contact Information A 1 A 1 Problem Report Procedure A 1 A 2 Full Contact Information A 1 B Environment Strings B 1 B 1 Usage B 1 B 1 1 Multiple Strings B 1 B 2 Available Strings B 1 B 2 1 Usage Examples...

Page 6: ...Contents iv 2 2 1 12 LD port B 4 2 2 1 13 LN node B 4 C Show 802 11 Errors C 1 C 1 Introduction C 1 C 2 Error Bits C 1 C 2 1 Leftmost Number C 1 C 2 2 Rightmost Number C 3 Index ...

Page 7: ...of context sensitive help Note Parts of this manual assume knowledge of the IEEE 802 11 Standard governing wireless networking If you do not understand wireless networking concepts and implementation please refer to the Standard or the documentation that came with your wireless networking PC Card Throughout this manual the term MSS refers to the MSS family in general If a particular feature or com...

Page 8: ...ly one parameter may be chosen at a time Single parameters enclosed in brackets may be omitted from the command or used in combination with one another The MSS has a reduced command set from the EPS ETS and MPS product lines Change commands replace the Set Define Server and Set Define Port commands used in the earlier products A single Change command will take effect immediately like a Set command...

Page 9: ...e to configure monitor and use the MSS Appendices provide supplementary information Read them as necessary The comprehensive Index can be used to find specific information For installation and setup information refer to your Installation Guide It is provided in printed form and you can find HTML and PDF versions on the distribution CD ROM and on the Lantronix web site www lantronix com Ctrl Z Logs...

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Page 11: ...le port unless explicitly stated in the individual command description Some commands can be used with environment strings which are discussed in detail in Appendix B The following items are provided in the description of each command The command s full syntax shown in diagram form See Command Syntax on page 1 1 for more information on the command syntax Any restrictions on the command such as whet...

Page 12: ...10 100BASE T or for the MSS4 the 100BASE FX network connection When 802 11 is disabled the MSS will ignore an installed 802 11 card and will only look for a compatible wired Ethernet connection You must reboot the MSS before those changes will take place Restrictions Requires privileged user status Only applies to the MSS VIA and certain MSS4 models For the MSS4 only one 802 11 card can be install...

Page 13: ...o the MSS VIA and certain MSS4 models Errors If you enter a command that is not applicable to the 802 11 card currently in use you will receive an Error message Parameters RX Specifies the antennas used to receive TX Specifies the antennas used to transmit list Enter an integer or group of integers separated by commas e g 1 2 3 to specify the affected antenna s Antennas are numbered consecutively ...

Page 14: ... is not applicable to the 802 11 card currently in use you will receive an Error message Parameters num Enter a valid channel for your regulatory region This number should be an integer between 1 and 14 Recommended for ad hoc network mode Any Tells the MSS to set itself for the channel used by the strongest AP with the same ESSID Recommended for infrastructure network mode Defaults Any Examples Lo...

Page 15: ...guration changes you make will not take place until you issue the Change 80211 Reset command Restrictions Requires privileged user status Only applies to the MSS VIA and certain MSS4 models Errors If you enter a command that is not applicable to the 802 11 card currently in use you will receive an Error message Parameters num Enter an integer between 256 and 2346 to change the fragmentation thresh...

Page 16: ...Denotes whether the MSS operates in a peer to peer AdHoc or managed Infrastructure network environment Any configuration changes you make will not take place until you issue the Change 80211 Reset command Restrictions Requires privileged user status Only applies to the MSS VIA and certain MSS4 models Errors If you enter a command that is not applicable to the 802 11 card currently in use you will ...

Page 17: ...ing num Enter a specific milliWatt power setting Examples Local CHANGE 80211 POWER DEFAULT Local CHANGE 80211 RESET See Also Show 80211 page 2 63 2 2 9 Change 80211 Region Sets the regulatory region under which you will operate the MSS Users in the United States can leave this at the default setting FCC Other users should set it to correspond with their region Any configuration changes you make wi...

Page 18: ...set Resets the MSS to make all 802 11 changes take effect immediately This command should be entered anytime you make an 802 11 configuration change It also clears out any previous errors and starts over with the current 802 11 parameters See Also Show 80211 page 2 63 2 2 11 Change 80211 RTS Changes the RTS threshold value Any configuration changes you make will not take place until you issue the ...

Page 19: ...P key and only receive and transmit unencrypted network traffic Any configuration changes you make will not take place until you issue the Change 80211 Reset command Restrictions Requires privileged user status Only applies to the MSS VIA and certain MSS4 models Errors If you enter a command that is not applicable to the 802 11 card currently in use you will receive an Error message Parameters Ena...

Page 20: ...uses to accept unencrypted data while WEP is enabled The MSS will discard and ignore unencrypted wireless network frames accepting only frames encrypted with its WEP key Defaults Disabled Receive all Examples Local CHANGE 80211 WEP ENABLED Local CHANGE 80211 INDEX 3 Local CHANGE 80211 RECEIVE ENCRYPTED Local CHANGE 80211 RESET See Also Show 80211 page 2 63 2 3 Change Access Specifies which types o...

Page 21: ...ts the baud rate used for an incoming connection to the specified port and then changes its own baud rate at login time to match that of the remote device When Autobaud is enabled you may have to press Return several times to help the MSS determine the proper speed Restrictions Requires privileged user status Does not apply to the MSS485 Errors Autobaud must be disabled for Dynamic and Remote port...

Page 22: ...r two characters to initiate sessions If the port is in Dedicated mode the autostart characters can be sent to the host as the first bytes of data In all other modes autostart characters are discarded Restrictions Requires privileged user status Errors Autostart and Autobaud are incompatible If the port is set for Autobaud enabling Autostart will disable Autobaud and produce an error message The S...

Page 23: ...Enter the optional second alphanumeric character To specify a control character use escaped hex xx For example Ctrl B ASCII character 0x02 would be specified as 02 Any Sets a wildcard character None Clears the autostart character Save Specifies what happens to the characters that start the connection Either the first and or second autostart characters will be passed to the host as the first bytes ...

Page 24: ...ular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges character Specifies a character to serve as the switch key To specify a control character use escaped hex xx For example Ctrl B ASCII character 0x02 would be specified as 02 None Clears any previously defined Backward Switch key Defaults No switch ...

Page 25: ...d Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the Portlist parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges...

Page 26: ...meters Server MSS4 only buffersize Specify a size from 128 to 4096 bytes Defaults 4096 bytes 2 11 Change Charsize Sets the number of data bits per character for the specified serial port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Errors Autobaud will only work when a port is set for 8 data bits with No parity or for 7 data bits with Even parity The MSS100 can only use charsize 8 when parity is s...

Page 27: ...r specified through the Character parameter that will cause the MSS to transmit the data You can also specify whether the trigger characters will be sent to the host as part of the serial data or whether they should be discarded through the Save parameter Packets created by the serial handling rules will be queued to the ethernet driver as a single operation but there is no guarantee that they wil...

Page 28: ... would be specified as 02 Any Sets any character as the trigger None Clears any previous trigger characters y Enter the optional second alphanumeric character To specify a control character use escaped hex xx For example Ctrl B ASCII character 0x02 would be specified as 02 Save Specifies what happens to the matched trigger characters Either the first character or both characters will be passed to ...

Page 29: ...upport SPX or LAT There can only be one dedicated service per port configured at a time A dedicated service will override a preferred service Changes to the dedicated target do not take effect until the port is logged out or the MSS is rebooted Errors For all single port MSS defining the single port as a dedicated port leaves no easy way to log into the MSS Only remote console port and EZWebCon co...

Page 30: ...fies a TCP IP host By default TCP opens a regular Telnet connection that includes Telnet IAC option negotiation The T environment string allows you to open a raw TCP socket with no Telnet option negotiation if desired The R environment string allows you to make an Rlogin connection A socket number can also be added to connect to a socket other than the default hostname Enter a text host name or a ...

Page 31: ...erver MSS4 only Defaults Enabled See Also The IP Address Configuration section of your Installation Guide 2 15 Change Domain Specifies the default domain name to be used when attempting to resolve text TCP IP host names Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Server MSS4 only DomainName Enter a domain name of no more than 64 characters None Disables the previously configured domain...

Page 32: ...e of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges Defaults Disabled See Also Change Modem Control page 2 31 2 17 Change DTRWait If enabled the MSS will not assert the DTR signal on the s...

Page 33: ...rrors CTSRTS Flow Control is not available in RS 485 mode Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes...

Page 34: ...of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges character Type a character to serve as the switch key To specify a control character use escaped hex xx For example Ctrl B ASCII character 0x02 would be specified as 02 None Clears the previously defined Forward Switch key Defaults No switch See Also Change Backward ...

Page 35: ... is set with the Change Inactive Timer command Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separat...

Page 36: ...elnet Rlogin and LAT connections and enforces password protection The Show Server command shows the status of incoming connection parameters Restrictions Requires privileged user status The MSSLite MSS VIA and the MSS4 do not support LAT or the Both parameter Parameters Server MSS4 only Telnet Enables incoming Telnet connections LAT Enables incoming LAT connections Both Enables incoming Telnet and...

Page 37: ...er status Errors You will receive an error if the MSS cannot use the specified IP address or if there are currently any network connections Parameters Server MSS4 only IPaddress Specify the IP address in standard numeric format See Also Change DHCP page 2 21 the Getting Started chapter of your Installation Guide 2 25 Change IPSecurity Adds entries to or edits entries in the IP Security table The P...

Page 38: ... of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges If a portlist is not specified all physical and virtual ports apply Defaults Disabled Examples Change IPsecurity 192 0 220 77 Disabled Restricts the single IP address from the table Change IPsecurity 192 0 1 255 Both Disabled MSS4 only Restricts all addresses betwee...

Page 39: ...ROUPS 17 21 28 118 211 220 2 28 Change LAT Identification Sets the text string that identifies the MSS on LAT networks Restrictions Requires privileged user status Errors The MSSLite MSS4 and the MSS VIA do not support LAT Parameters identString Enter a string of 40 or fewer characters Enclose the string in quotes if it contains lower case letters spaces or punctuation 2 29 Change Loadhost Specifi...

Page 40: ... operating systems you will lose any functionality that key would have on local programs Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with inte...

Page 41: ... Defaults access Examples CHANGE LOGINPASS badger See Also Change Password Protect page 2 38 Change Incoming page 2 26 2 32 Change Modem Control Causes the MSS to treat any attached serial device as a modem When enabled a DSR drop will log out the enabled port and the MSS will drop DTR for three seconds and then raise it when the port logs out If Autostart is also enabled the port will not start u...

Page 42: ...t serial port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Does not apply to the MSS485 Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated w...

Page 43: ...Secondary Specifies a nameserver to be used when the primary nameserver is unavailable IPaddress Specify a host using standard numeric format Do not enter a text host name 2 36 Change NetWare Encapsulation Configures the frame types that the MSS will pay attention to during IPX connections When NetWare routing is enabled with the Change NetWare Routing command all frame types are enabled regardles...

Page 44: ...m the unit s Ethernet address This number is used for internal NetWare routing Restrictions Requires privileged user status The MSSLite MSS4 and the MSS VIA do not support Netware Parameters number Specify the new internal network number in the format annnnnnn where a represents a letter and each n represents a number See Also Change NetWare Encapsulation page 2 33 Change NetWare Routing page 2 35...

Page 45: ...ser status The MSSLite MSS4 and the MSS VIA do not support Netware Defaults Enabled See Also Change NetWare Encapsulation page 2 33 Change NetWare Internal Network page 2 34 Show NetWare page 2 64 2 40 Change Parity Sets the parity for the specified serial port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Errors Parity must be None for the MSS100 and MSS VIA to use 8 bit characters Autobaud will n...

Page 46: ...N XOFF characters will be stripped from the data stream Enabled means that the MSS will both respond to XON XOFF and send them to the host Disabled means that we respond to XON XOFF but do not send them to the host Passflow is only useful when XonXoff flow control is set Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the config...

Page 47: ...tion will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges 2 43 Change Password Limit Limits the number of failures allowed when entering the privileged password with the Set Privileged command to become the privileged user After the sp...

Page 48: ...d 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges Defaults Disabled See Also Change Loginpass page 2 31 2 45 Change Portname Renames the specified serial port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port onl...

Page 49: ...st parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges TCP Specifies a TCP IP host By default TCP opens a regular Telnet connection that includes Telnet IAC option negotiation Other connection types can be ...

Page 50: ...e password at the command line you will immediately be prompted to enter the new password This password is not displayed when typed Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Server MSS4 only passwd Enter a password of up to 6 alphabetic characters When entered as part of the command the password should be enclosed in quotation marks Defaults system Examples CHANGE PRIVPASS walrus See...

Page 51: ...ivileged user status Applies to TCP and LAT sessions only Parameters Server MSS4 only number Enter a value between 4 and 100 Defaults 10 2 50 Change Rlogin Controls the use of the Rlogin command Incoming Rlogin connections are always permitted but when Rlogin is disabled users may not log into remote hosts To view the current status of Rlogin connections enter the Show Server command Restrictions ...

Page 52: ...fy a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables RS 485 mode By default the MSS is configured for RS 232 networking Mode When RS 485 Mode is enabled you must choose either two wire or four wire mode If you do not explicitly set a mode with this comm...

Page 53: ...ies are unreachable For information please see the Change Gateway page 2 24 Change Loadhost page 2 29 and Change Nameserver page 2 33 command entries 2 53 Change Session Limit Sets a server wide limit for active sessions per port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Server MSS4 only number Enter a value between 0 and 8 Defaults 4 2 54 Change Signal Check Determines whether the M...

Page 54: ...faults Disabled 2 55 Change Silentboot Causes the unit to attempt to boot without sending any status messages to the console port unless there are errors Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Server MSS4 only Defaults Disabled See Also Show Server page 2 65 2 56 Change SNMPSetComm Creates an SNMP community name for the MSS and gives that community read write access By default the...

Page 55: ...nter the complete pathname if the file is to be loaded via TFTP place the filename in quotes to preserve case See Also Change Loadhost page 2 29 2 58 Change Speed Specifies the baud rate of the serial port Restrictions Requires privileged user status Errors An error is displayed if an unsupported baud rate is specified Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In...

Page 56: ...e MSS and determine what went wrong Restrictions Requires privileged user status The MSSLite MSS4 and the MSS VIA do not support LAT or SPX Parameters Server MSS4 only host filename Used to load from a TCP IP host via TFTP Enter a TCP IP hostname or IP address followed by a colon and a startup file name of up to 47 characters If you use a text host name it must be resolvable at boot time node file...

Page 57: ... of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges Defaults 1 See Also Change Autobaud page 2 11 Change Charsize page 2 16 Change Parity page 2 35 2 61 Change Subnet Mask Sets an IP subnet...

Page 58: ...aults Enabled 2 63 Change Telnetdest Controls what happens when users Telnet into the MSS using the default Telnet socket 23 By default a Telnet session will get a Local prompt from the MSS By specifying the Serial option a Telnet session will connect directly to the MSS s serial port port 1 on the MSS4 Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters Server MSS4 only Console Users are conn...

Page 59: ...ts Enabled 2 65 Change Termtype Specifies a terminal type for the desired port If supported by the network protocol the MSS reports this string to the remote host Parameters Port MSS4 only Specifies a particular port or group of ports Note In the absence of the PortList parameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port nu...

Page 60: ...supported over UDP GMTOffset Specifies the local timezone s difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT num Enter a value from 12 to 13 For example the GMTOffset for Los Angeles CA USA would be 8 PDT or 7 PST None Clears a previous timeserver setting but does not clear the GMTOffset setting NTP Specifies an NTP server There are three types of NTP Broadcast The MSS periodically broadcasts a message tha...

Page 61: ...iguration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a particular port or group of ports Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 and should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges Defaults Enabled 2 68 Change WINS Allows the MSS to broadcast a WINS name announcement at boot time and answer broadcast WINS name queries This setting allows other hosts t...

Page 62: ...on both units to be the same password reboot both units then telnet either to one of the unit s local prompts i e socket 2100 or serial port i e socket 210x where x is the serial port number using the Y environment string Sockets 2100 and 210x are assumed to be encrypted on the receiving MSS Restrictions Requires privileged user status Parameters password Enter a new encryption password The passwo...

Page 63: ...ommands in UNIX environments Unlike the similar UNIX commands each disk command must be preceded by the word DISK The commands are also not case sensitive The Disk commands honor disk permissions All disks are read only for non privileged users Restrictions The Format and FSCK parameters requires privileged user status Only apply to the MSS4 MSS100 MSSLiteX and the MSS VIA The ROM disk is read onl...

Page 64: ... Cp Copies or moves a file To copy a file enter the filename for file1 and the new file name as file2 To move a file specify the filename as file1 and the destination directory as file2 Df Displays the blocks of free space on the MSS disks When you add the i switch the display includes in the display the number of inodes used versus the number still available disk Enter the disk name e g flash For...

Page 65: ...e contents of a file on the terminal 24 lines of text at a time Normally the display pauses after each screen and prints MORE at the bottom of the screen To access the next screen press the Space bar To abort press Ctrl C Mv Moves files or directories on the MSS RAM and flash disks You can also rename files with this command by inserting the new filename for target Od Displays the contents of the ...

Page 66: ...be returned are Touch Creates an empty disk file Examples Local DISK CHMOD 755 PCCARD1 index txt Local DISK FORMAT PCCARD1 Local DISK LS l PCCARD1 Local DISK TEST PCCARD1 add exe i Prompts for aY yes or N no before the file is removed r Removes an entire directory and all of its subdirectories d True if file exists and is a directory e True if file exists regardless of type f True if file exists a...

Page 67: ...ation about local and remote users This command is an implementation of the Unix Finger command Port information will not be displayed Restrictions An error is returned when the host cannot be accessed Parameters username Enter a username to display information about that particular MSS user hostname Enter a hostname to display information about all of the users at the specified host site username...

Page 68: ...suboptions of that command 2 76 Hostlist Edits the hostlist used for multihost mode connections There can be a maximum of 12 hosts in the hostlist For information on Multihost Mode which sets up a data pipe between one of the serial devices attached to the MSS and multiple network hosts see the Using the MSS chapter of your Installation Guide Restrictions Requires privileged user status The MSS VI...

Page 69: ...tion negotiation UDP Adds a UDP entry to the host table envString Add the desired environment key s See Appendix B for a complete list of strings Options must be separated by colons Delete Removes one or all entries from the hostlist number Specify which entry to remove To view configured host entries enter the Show Hostlist command See Also Change Dedicated page 2 19 Crypt Password page 2 52 Show...

Page 70: ...he MSS will attempt a connection to the preferred host or service Errors Does not apply to MSSLite MSS VIA or the MSS4 Parameters serviceName Enter the name of the desired LAT service for example modem envString Add the desired environment key s See Appendix B for a complete list of strings Options must be separated by colons Examples Local LAT modem LD port5 2 79 Logout Port Logs out the serial p...

Page 71: ...et request to another network host and provides an easy way to test IP network connections In general any host that supports IP will respond if it is able regardless of login restrictions job load or operating system If the host does not reply there may be a network IP configuration problem Parameters hostname Enter either a resolvable text host name or a numeric IP address length Length of the pi...

Page 72: ...real time clock RTC on the MSSLite A and MSSLiteX A Restrictions Only valid on the MSSLite A and MSSLiteX A Parameters Set Sets either the date or time Date Sets the date Must be used with the date parameter date Enter the date as MM DD YY Time Sets the time Must be used with the time parameter time Enter the time as HH MM SS Show Shows the current RTC date and time settings Examples Local_2 RTC S...

Page 73: ...lege Noprivileged Removes privileged status for the port See Also Change Privpass page 2 40 2 86 Show 80211 Displays the current wireless networking settings Entering the command without any parameters displays basic 80211 settings including Region MAC address and ESSID Also displayed are any 802 11 errors which are discussed in Appendix C Show 802 11 Errors Errors Only applies to the MSS VIA and ...

Page 74: ...e Also Status Displays page 7 6 2 89 Show NetWare Displays NetWare characteristics including frame types routing status and internal network number Errors Does not apply to MSSLite MSS VIA or the MSS4 See Also Status Displays page 7 6 2 90 Show Nodes Displays information about the desired LAT or SPX service nodes Errors All nodes will be shown if no node is specified Does not apply to the MSS Via ...

Page 75: ...port settings on all serial ports PortList MSS4 and MSSVia only Port numbers are specified with integers between 1 and 4 Port numbers should be separated with commas for lists or dashes for ranges See Also Status Displays page 7 6 2 92 Show RS485 Displays the current RS 485 networking settings including wire mode termination and TXDrive Errors Only applies to the MSS VIA and MSS4 See Also Change R...

Page 76: ...s of the LAT services on the network Restrictions This list is masked by the service groups that the port is able to see In other words users will not be able to see services to which they cannot connect Errors Does not apply to MSSLite MSS VIA or the MSS4 Parameters serviceName Specify a service whose information you want to see Wildcards are permitted All services will be shown if no service is ...

Page 77: ...Status Displays page 7 6 2 98 Show Version Displays operating software version information Errors Applies to the MSS4 only See Also Change Software page 2 45 2 99 Source Downloads a configuration file from a TFTP host The file is assumed to contain lines of server commands to be executed The Source command is most useful for trying out a configuration file before using the Change Software command ...

Page 78: ...escribed below If you have previously configured a preferred host you can enter the command without a parameter to automatically connect to the preferred host Errors There can be no space between the hostname and the colon or between the colon and the environment string Parameters IPaddress Enter a text host name or an IP address This parameter is only optional if a preferred service has been defi...

Page 79: ...rameter the configuration will affect the MSS4 s current port only PortList Specify a port number as an integer between 1 and 4 You can not specify more than one port at a time DTR Lowers and then raise the DTR signal on the serial port If a delay is not specified DTR will lower for approximately one second and then raise Delay Lowers DTR will for the specified delay length then raises DTR num Ent...

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Page 81: ...etwork configuration 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...

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Page 83: ...ns may not apply to your MSS model B 1 1 Multiple Strings More than one string can be entered as part of a single command Multiple strings do not need to be separated from each other For example you can enter a command that specifies both the desired port number and that the connection should be encrypted Figure B 1 Entering Multiple Strings B 2 Available Strings Note In most applications environm...

Page 84: ... the third serial port of an MSS4 See Also Your MSS Installation Guide for more information on socket connections 2 2 1 2 C and C C specifies CR to CRLF C specifies CR to LF Examples Local CHANGE PREFERRED TELNET 192 0 1 3 C 2 2 1 3 D and D D sets Backspace mode D sets Delete mode Examples telnet 192 0 1 5 D 2 2 1 4 E and E E sets Local Echo mode E sets Remote Echo mode Examples telnet 192 0 1 48 ...

Page 85: ...ocal CHANGE DEDICATED TELNET 192 0 1 221 P 2 2 1 8 R Specifies that the connection use the Rlogin protocol Sets the port number to 513 if not already set Examples Local CHANGE DEDICATED TCP 192 0 1 8 R 2 2 1 9 T Forms a raw Telnet connection If no environment string is specified a Telnet connection is assumed Examples Local CHANGE DEDICATED TCP chimaera 2001T 2 2 1 10 U Sets the connection to UDP ...

Page 86: ...ncryption password to establish encrypted sessions between two MSS products To set up an encrypted session set the encryption password on both MSS units to the same password and reboot both units Then establish an encrypted session from one unit to the other For example entering the command given in the example would set up an encrypted session to the second unit s first serial port Note To change...

Page 87: ...SS If you entered the Show 80211 command you might see a screen resembling the following Figure C 1 Example of Error Bits The Errors bitfield is zeroed each time you issue either a Zero command or a Change 802 11 Reset command at the Local prompt C 2 Error Bits C 2 1 Leftmost Number 80000000 An authentication or association sequence timed out An expected reply from the AP was not received within t...

Page 88: ...ciated by the AP for attempting to pass data packets before being fully associated Indicates confusion of either the unit or the AP 00008000 Unit was disassociated by the AP for inactivity 00004000 Unit was deauthenticated or disassociated by the AP because the AP is going offline or being reconfigured to serve a different network 00002000 Unit was deauthenticated by the AP because its previous au...

Page 89: ...ious AP 00000008 Association with the AP failed because the AP does not support all 802 11 options requested by the unit 00000004 Authentication or association with the AP failed or the unit was deauthenticated or disassociated by the AP for a reason explicitly given as unspecified 00000002 Could not find any beacons matching the network parameters the unit is configured with Most likely there is ...

Page 90: ...RK TYPE and CHANNEL parameters 00000100 Received an 802 11 data packet that was not encapsulated as per RFC1042 or 802 1h Unit will still decapsulate and interpret the packet Some vendors APs trip this error when they send out magic packets containing proprietary extensions not defined by the 802 11 spec 00000080 Received an 802 11 data packet encapsulated in a completely foreign manner or not enc...

Page 91: ...mand line Editing 1 2 Command syntax 1 1 Community name SNMP 2 44 Contact information A 1 Counters 2 69 D Datasend 2 17 Dedicated connections 2 19 DHCP 2 21 Disconnect command 2 57 Disk management 2 53 Domain name 2 21 DSR Data Signal Ready Signal checking 2 43 DSRLogout 2 22 DTRWait 2 22 E Encrypted mode 2 52 B 4 Encrypted sessions MSS to MSS 2 52 B 4 Encryption password 2 52 B 4 Environment stri...

Page 92: ... Network mode 2 6 Networking wireless 2 2 P Parity 2 35 Passflow 2 36 Passive UDP B 3 Timeout value B 3 Passwords 2 37 Limit 2 37 Login 2 31 2 37 Privileged 2 40 2 63 Protect 2 38 Ping 2 61 Ports Name 2 38 Privileged 2 63 Settings 2 65 Speed 2 45 Power 802 11 2 7 2 8 Preferred connections 2 39 Privileged password 2 40 2 63 Problem report procedure A 1 R RARP 2 40 Rebooting 2 59 Redirector connecti...

Page 93: ... 2 24 Local 2 30 T Telnet 2 48 2 68 Padding characters 2 48 2 49 Raw connections B 3 Terminal type 2 49 Test command 2 69 Timers Circuit 2 28 Inactivity 2 25 Timeserver 2 50 U UDP 2 50 B 3 Passive B 3 Unix commands 2 53 Users 2 67 V Verification 2 51 W WEP Wireless Equivalent Privacy 2 9 WINS 2 51 Wireless 2 2 2 63 Z Zeroing counters 2 69 ...

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