3.5. Connect Internet Broadband Router to Workstation via Windows Hyper Terminal program
3.5.1. Why Hyper Terminal application?
You can connect to Internet Broadband Router via terminal cable shipped with
Internet Broadband Router to do the firmware upgrades, restore router's default
configuration (Especially when you forgot the login password of HTTP or Telnet
daemon of Router, what you can do is restoring the default configuration of
router to default and then you can login via Web browser or Telnet by default
username(admin) and password(123) ).
3.5.2. Setup Windows Hyper Terminal application
Set up your Windows Hyper Terminal to be able to connect to Internet Broadband
Router via terminal cable shipped with router through COM1 or COM2 of your PC.
Under Windows 98/Me/2000,
a. | Click "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "Communications"-> "Hyper Terminal" to open your Hyper Terminal. | ||||||||||
b. | To generate a Hyper Terminal profile to connect to Internet Broadband Router, click "Hypertrm.exe". | ||||||||||
c. | A prompted Windows will ask you "You need to install a modem ..........", just answer "No", cause we want to make a connection via COM1/COM2 directly. | ||||||||||
d. | Enter a profile name for this connection, and then click "OK". | ||||||||||
e. | On "Connect to" windows, select "Connecting using" --> "Direct to Com1" or "Direct to Com2", depends on your local PC settings. Then click "OK". | ||||||||||
f. | On the "Properties"
window, select
and then click "OK". |
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Now the Hyper Terminal application is set up completely. |
3.5.3. Connect to Internet Broadband Router via Hyper Terminal.
A. | After setting up the Hyper Terminal application, connect your PC Com1(Com2) port to COM port of Internet Broadband Router via Terminal Cable which is shipped with Internet Broadband Router. | ||
B. | Power on Internet Broadband Router, and Hyper Terminal windows will show as below. Press any key in 3 seconds to enter command mode. | ||
C. | After you pressed any key in 3 seconds at previous screen, you will enter the command mode. | ||
D. | Press "H" for Command Help. There are total 5 commands.Help, Go, Upload program, Reset Config and Node id. By pressing the first character of each command to execute it. | ||
D1. | Help | ||
By pressing "H", it will show the command menu. | |||
D2. | Go | ||
By pressing "G", Internet Broadband Router will decompress the kernel program to SDRAM. It takes about 5 seconds to boot up router. | |||
D3. | Upload program | ||
By pressing "U", you can do Internet Broadband Router firmware upgrades. Please follow the steps below. | |||
D3.1. | While asking, press "Y" to confirm, "N" to return. | ||
D3.2. | Click "Transfer" -> "Send File" from Hyper Terminal pull-down menu. | ||
D3.3. | Click "Browse" button to select file which will be updated, and select Protocol to Xmodem, then click "Send" to proceed. | ||
D3.4. | After Receiving file via Xmodem protocol, Router will start to program the flash on Router. When program finished, you can reboot the Router to use new updated firmware. | ||
D4. | Reset Config. | ||
By pressing "R", you can restore router's configuration to factory default. (Especially when you forgot the login password of HTTP or Telnet daemon of Router, what you can do is restoring the default configuration of router to default setting and then you can login via Web browser or Telnet by entering default username(admin) and password(123) ). | |||
D5. | Node id | ||
By pressing "N", you can change the LAN/WAN MAC addresses of Router. We strongly recommend you not to change them. If you did change them, it might be an unpredictable situation happened on your LAN. |