Netopia r6100 Guida Di Riferimento

8.

You should now be connected to the menu inter face of your router, where you have a menu of configuration 
options as well as the model number of your router and firmware version listed at the top of the screen. 
The Main Menu of a Netopia router's menu inter face will appear like the following Figure 6 below in Step III. 

9.

If you are unable to connect to your router using telnet, continue onto Step III. If you are able to connect, 
tr y to open a connection with your Internet browser (ex. www.netopia.com). If you are unable to locate a 
website by domain name, tr y by IP address (ex. 163.176.4.32). If you are able to connect by an IP 
address, but not by a domain name, confirm that the DNS Configuration of your PC is correct (see above, 
step 5). If you are unable to connect by either an IP address or domain name, skip to the Conclusion as you 
may need to configure the Internet Options of your PC's Control Panel to connect via a LAN. 

Note: Only proceed with the following instructions if you were UNABLE to telnet to your router using Step II, or if 
you want to configure your router using a direct serial connection.

1.

If you have not completed the #4 connection for Step I, you must do that first. 

2.

Once you have the serial console cable connected, power the router off. 

3.

Open the program Hyper terminal by going to the Star t Menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> 
Communications -> Hyper terminal -> and double-click on the Hyper trm icon. 

4.

Enter a name and choose an icon to identify the connection.

5.

5.

6.

For Connect Using: select the Com por t the console cable is connected to, or Direct to ComX and select OK 
like the following Figure 4 illustrates: