Installing the Passport 2430 Chassis
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To connect a laptop PC to the Passport 2430, make sure that you have the RJ-45 to
DB-9 cable that was shipped with the Passport 2430, then complete the following
steps:
1.
Start your terminal emulation program.
This sets up a dummy terminal that allows you to interface with the router’s
Quick-Start program.
2.
Configure the laptop PC console communication data port using the
parameters in
You can do this either through the terminal emulation program or the PC
control panel and the instructions in your PC documentation.
3.
Insert the blue RJ-45 receptacle end of the console cable into the blue
Passport 2430 Console port
.
Figure 1-16.
Passport 2430 Console Port
Table 1-1.
PC Console Parameters
Parameter
Value
Baud rate
9600
Data bits
8
Stop bits
1
Parity
None
1
2
Passport 2430
Link
TX/RX
10/100
Console
Run
Boot
Fail
VLK0030A
To laptop
Flash
1
2
l
O
PCMCIA
Modem