Connect the Serial to USB cable to the computer and install the drivers per the manufacturer instructions
(unless the Operating System recognizes the device).
Note the COM Port number allocated to the device by the operating system.
Connect the RJ-45 to DB9 adapter to the DB9 Serial port on the Serial to USB cable.
Plug the CAT5 Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 to DB9 adapter.
Look at the SERIAL ports on the Enclosed radio. The SERIAL port that has the blinking Orange LED is
the CLI port. Plug in the Cat5 Ethernet cable.
Attention! cnReach N500 radios use RJ-45 connectors for both Serial and Ethernet ports. This
means it is possible to plug an Ethernet cable into a Serial port and vice versa.
Open a terminal emulator such as Teraterm, PuTTY or HyperTerminal and connect to the PC's COM Port at
115200 8N1.
Press Enter. You will be prompted to log in. Username: admin
Type show ifconfig. The default Interface configuration (bridge) lists an IP address for VLAN1 only.
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