3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Setting up the Configuration Environment Through Telnet 23

Setting up the

Configuration

Environment Through

Teln et

Telnetting a Switch from

a PC (Terminal)

If you have properly configured the IP address of a VLAN interface through the

Console port (using the ip address command in VLAN interface view) and

specified the Ethernet port connecting the terminal to the VLAN (using the port

command in VLAN view), you can log in to the switch through Telnet and

configure the switch.

1 Before logging in to the switch through Telnet, set the username and password

through the Console port.

By default, password authentication is required for Telnet. In the case that no

password is set, the system prompts "Login password has not been set!".

<SW8800> system-view

System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.

[SW8800] user-interface vty 0

[SW8800-ui-vty0] set authentication password simple xxxx

xxxx indicates the password to be set for the Telnet user.

2 Connect the Ethernet port of the PC with that of the switch through a LAN, as

shown in

Figure 5.

Figure 5 Set up the local configuration environment through a LAN

3 Enter the IP address of the VLAN to which the Ethernet port connecting the PC

belongs, and then run the Telnet program, as shown in

Figure 6.

Workstation

Server

PC for sw itch configuration,

Running Telnet