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Chapter 4

Configuring Your GT 70 Series Router

This chapter introduces the tools available for configuring your GT 70 Series router. It includes the following topics:

Introduction

Before You Begin

Using the Setup Utility

Setting Up Your Terminal Application

Introduction

You receive your GT 70 Series router with software already installed. Configuring your router involves setting a few configuration parameters to make it work. You can use one of the following tools to configure your router:

Note: For first-time configuration of your router, you must use a console (a PC or dumb terminal) connected to your router's console port because you have not yet set up your router's IP address. Without its IP address, your router cannot communicate with the network.

You can use either the Setup Utility, Quick Config, or the Command Line Interface for this initial configuration.

Before You Begin

To configure your GT 70 Series router for the first time, you need to ask both your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and also your ISDN provider or your network manager for the information that you need for your router's configuration. For a list of information you need, see Ordering ISDN and the worksheet in Appendix A.

Using the Setup Utility

To run the Setup Utility, you need a PC with the following:

Notes:

Installing the Setup Utility

To install the Setup Utility on your PC, do the following:

1. Insert the Setup Utility disk in your PC disk drive.
2. From the Windows Program Manager, select the the File menu and the Run... command. or

From Windows 95, click the Start button and select the Run... command.

3. Enter the following command in the text box: 
A:\setup or B:\setup
4. Click OK.
5. Choose the Continue button (twice) to complete the installation.
When you install the Setup Utility, the Setup program creates a directory (gtcfg) on your C: drive (or any location that you choose) with all the files needed for running the Utility (including the executable, gtcfg.exe), and Windows software creates a Setup Group (with an icon called gtcfg) in Windows Program Manager. The Setup program also installs a Readme file and the Microsoft Terminal Emulation program with their icons displayed in the Setup Group.

Note: Under Windows 95, the Setup Utility installation does not set up the icon on your desktop. In Windows 95, you can create a shortcut that points to the executable file (gtcfg.exe).

Running the Setup Utility

To use the Setup Utility to configure your router, proceed through the windows in the Utility and configure the parameters/options you need for your particular device. (For information on each of the configurable options or parameters, consult the Utility's online Help.)

Setting Up Your Terminal Application

If you want to configure your GT 70 Series router by using Quick Config or the Command Line Interface, connect your PC serial port to the router's console port and run the Microsoft® Terminal Emulation program. You can use the terminal application for Windows(TM) 3.1, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, or the HyperTerminal application for Windows(TM) 95. See Appendix A for Quick Config and the System Software Guide for the Command Line Interface.

Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and Windows NT Terminal Application

1. In the Accessories program group, double click the Terminal icon.
2. Under the Settings menu, select Terminal Emulation. Select DEC VT-100 (ANSI).
3. Under the Settings menu, select Terminal Preferences. In the Terminal Preferences dialog box, make sure the Use Function, Arrow, and Ctrl Keys for Windows item is not selected.
4. Under the Settings menu, select Communications. Select the following settings:
a. Baud Rate: 9600
b. Data Bits: 8
c. Stop Bits: 1
d. Parity: None
e. Flow Control: Xon/Xoff
f. Connector: COM1 or COM2

Microsoft Windows 95 HyperTerminal Application

1. Click the Start button and select Programs, Accessories, and HyperTerminal.
2. In the HyperTerminal window, double click the Hypertrm.exe icon.
3. Enter gt in the Name field and select any icon to represent your Terminal Emulation.
4. In the Phone Number screen, in the Connect using field, select the appropriate COM port to use, for example, Direct to Com 1.
5. In the COM1 Properties screen, select the following settings:
a. Baud Rate: 9600
b. Data Bits: 8
c. Parity: None
d. Stop Bits: 1
e. Flow Control: None


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