Server User Manual

 In the Session menu, enter the IP address of the console server in the Host Name or IP address
field.
 For dial-in connections, this IP address will be the Local Address that you assigned to the
console server when you set it up as the Dial-In PPP Server.
 For Internet (or local/VPN connections) connections, this will be the console server’s public IP
address.
 Select the SSH Protocol, and the Port will be set as 22.
 Go to the SSH -> Tunnels menu and in Add new forwarded port enter any high unused port
number for the Source port, for example, 54321.
 Set the Destination: IP details.
 If your destination device is network-connected to the console server and you are connecting
using RDP, set the Destination as <Managed Device IP address/DNS Name>:3389. For
example, if when setting up the Managed Device as Network Host on the console server you
specified its IP address to be 192.168.253.1 (or its DNS Name was
accounts.myco.intranet.com), then specify the Destination as 192.168.523.1:3389 (or
accounts.myco.intranet.com:3389 ). Only devices that are configured as networked Hosts can
be accessed using SSH tunneling (except by the
“root” user who can tunnel to any IP address
the console server can route to).
 If your destination computer is serially connected to the console server, set the Destination
as <port label>:3389. For example, if the Label you specified on the serial port on the console
server is win2k3, then specify the remote host as win2k3:3389. Or, you can set the
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