ZyXEL Communications NBG410W3G Series User Manual

Chapter 15 Remote Management

NBG410W3G Series User’s Guide

This section shows two examples using a command interface and a graphical interface SSH 
client program to remotely access the ZyXEL Device. The configuration and connection steps 
are similar for most SSH client programs. Refer to your SSH client program user’s guide. 

This section describes how to access the ZyXEL Device using the Secure Shell Client 
program.

1 Launch the SSH client and specify the connection information (IP address, port number 

or device name) for the ZyXEL Device. 

2 Configure the SSH client to accept connection using SSH version 1. 
3 A window displays prompting you to store the host key in you computer. Click Yes to 

continue. 

Figure 169   SSH Example 1: Store Host Key

Enter the password to log in to the ZyXEL Device. The CLI main menu displays next. 

This section describes how to access the ZyXEL Device using the OpenSSH client program 
that comes with most Linux distributions. 

1 Test whether the SSH service is available on the ZyXEL Device. 

Enter “telnet 192.168.1.1 22” at a terminal prompt and press [ENTER]. The 

computer attempts to connect to port 22 on the ZyXEL Device (using the default IP 
address of 192.168.1.1). 
A message displays indicating the SSH protocol version supported by the ZyXEL Device.  

Figure 170   SSH Example 2: Test 

$ telnet 192.168.1.1 22
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-1.5-1.0.0