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4. Log Out: When you finish exploring the IPS’s Web interface, click on the
Log
Out
button to terminate your connection to the IPS.
NOTE
When you finish communicating with the IPS, always log off rather than
simply closing your Telnet or communications program. Logging off
using either the Log Out button in the Web interface or the /X command
in the text interface ensures that the IPS has completely exited from
command mode and is not waiting for the inactivity timeout to elapse
before allowing additional connections.
This completes the IPS Web interface introductory overview. For an overview of the
text interface, go to
Section 3.2.2
, or refer to
Chapters 4
and
5
for complete
installation and configuration procedures.
3.2.2 T
HE
T
EXT
I
NTERFACE
The text interface is a series of simple ASCII menus used to invoke commands and
select configuration parameters. Use the text interface to contact the IPS via
Telnet, modem, or local PC.
NOTES
To contact the IPS via modem, connect an external modem to the IPS
master’s console port and attach a phone line to the external modem.
Refer to Section 4.3.2 for further instructions regarding external
modems.
The console port can be connected to either a local PC or an external
modem, but not both at the same time.
To access the IPS text menus, your PC must include a communications
program, such as HyperTerminal or ProComm
®
.
1. Access the IPS command mode: To invoke commands or view status screens,
access the IPS command mode.
a) Telnet Access: Start your Telnet program, then Telnet to the IPS’s default
IP address (192.168.168.168.) For example, on a UNIX
®
system, the
Telnet command would be invoked as shown below.
$ telnet 192.168.168.168
[
Enter
]
If the system password is defined, the IPS displays a password prompt; type
in the system password and press
Enter
. If the system password is not
defined, the IPS Plug Status screen (see Figure 3-3) displays, followed by
the IPS> command prompt.
