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Setting up a Configuration Environment 29

3 Starting and Configuring the

Router 6000

Setting up a

Configuration

Environment

Connecting the router to a console terminal

To set up a local configuration environment, connect the RJ-45 connector

of the console cable to the console port on the router, and the DB-9

connector to the serial port on the console terminal, a PC for example, as

shown in Figure 18.

Figure 18 Local configuration through the console port

Setting terminal parameters

Follow these steps to set terminal parameters on the console terminal, a

PC that is running Windows98 for example:

1 Start the PC and select

[Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications/HyperTerminal].

The HyperTerminal window displays the Connection Description

dialog box, as shown in Figure 19.

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