ZyXEL Communications ES-2108 User Manual

ES-2108 Series User’s Guide

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Chapter 27 Introducing the Commands 

• You can only access the CLI with the administrator account (the default username is 

admin and password is 1234). 

• By default, only one CLI management session is allowed via either the console port or 

Telnet. Console port access has higher priority. 

• Use the configure multi-login command in the configuration mode to allow 

multiple concurrent logins. However, no more than five concurrent login sessions are 
allowed. 

Connect to the switch’s console port using a terminal emulation software configured to the 
following settings:

• VT100 terminal emulation
• 9600 bps
• No parity
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No flow control

When you turn on your switch, it performs several internal tests as well as line initialization. 
You can view the initialization information using the console port. After the initialization, the 
login screen displays (refer to 

Figure 92   Initial Console Port Screen

Use the following steps to telnet into your switch.

1 For local management, connect your computer to the RJ-45 management port (labeled 

MGMT) on the switch.

2 Make sure your computer IP address and the switch IP address are on the same subnet. In 

Windows, click Start (usually in the bottom left corner), Run and then type  

telnet 

192.168.1.1

 (the default management IP address) and click OK.

3 A login screen displays (refer to 

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