multiSwitch – user manual
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-
User name – “
tpxadm
”;
-
Password
– “
u53rp455
”.
The direct connection as root is not allowed. You must enter to the prompt the “
su -
”
command after you are logged in, and insert the “
5y5t3mp455
” password. The firewall is open by
default.
For the serial connection use a serial cable which is inserted in the DB9 connector from the
back panel of the TOPEX multiSwitch enclosure and in the serial connector from a PC.
Use the HyperTerminal from Windows with parameters 115.200, 8, N, 1 in order to establish a
serial communication with the TOPEX multiSwitch.
6.2 IP address changing
After the root connection with the “su-” command and the password “
5y5t3mp455
”, the client
must change the IP address of the equipment.
The IP address modification is made by accessing the file located at “
/etc/conf.d/net
“ which
can be edited with “
nano
” or “
mcedit
” Linux applications.
The file must look like the example below:
config_eth0=( "192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.0.0" )
routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.1.2" )
The DNS server is set in the “
/etc/resol.conf
” file.
After the files content modification you must restart the network interface through the
command:
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
6.3 Time and date changing
After the root connection on the equipment the main application is stopped through the
command:
/etc/init.d/softswitch stop
Here you have two options for the time and date settings:
a
– Set the time and date and is written in BIOS:
date MMDDHHMMYY
/sbin/hwclock --systohc
b
– Time zone is set and it is synchronize with the remote server pool.ntp.org
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/"timezone" /etc/localtime
/etc/init.d/ntp-client restart
The multiSwitch application is then restarted:
/etc/init.d/softswitch restart
The configuration of multiSwitch equipment requires two steps:
