Cajun P880 Routing Switch Installation Guide
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Using Dial-Up
Networking with a
PPP Serial Port
Console
To use TCP/IP applications (Telnet, HTTP, and SNMP) over your PPP
serial port interface:
1.
From
My Computer
, double-click
Dial-Up Networking
. The
Dial-Up Networking program group opens.
2.
Double-click on the
PPP modem
previously created. The
Connect To dialog box opens.
3.
Enter your
password
and click
Connect
. A Pre-Dial Terminal
Screen opens.
When the modem has successfully connected, a Post-Dial
Terminal Screen opens.
4.
In the
Post-Dial Terminal screen
,
login
using your
CLI user
name
and
password
. It may be necessary to enter several
carriage returns to view the Login prompt.
5.
At the CLI prompt, go to configuration mode and enter
set
console transfer PPP
. ASCII characters display below the CLI
prompt. This is typical while the switch attempts to connect via
PPP.
6.
In the
Post-Dial Terminal screen
, click
Continue (F7)
. PPP
verification completes and the Connected To dialog box displays
a message that the modem connection has been successfully
established.
Configuring the IP
Interface for the PPP
Console
To configure the PPP console with an IP address and mask:
1.
Configure your console serial port as a PPP Console. See
“Connecting a Modem”, earlier in this chapter.
2.
Connect your modem cable to the Cajun’s serial port.
3.
From the
IP Configuration
section of the Web Agent, click
Interfaces
. The IP Interfaces dialog box opens.
4.
Click
CREATE
. The Add IP Interface dialog box opens.
5.
From the
VLAN
pull-down menu, select
Serial-Console
. This
specifies the interface for the PPP console.
6.
In the
Network Address
field, enter the
IP address
to be
associated with the PPP console port.
* Note:
If you do not enter a name for this interface, the
IP address is used as the interface name.