NETGEAR M4300 - Configure Console Port Access

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M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Configure Console Port Access
 To configure the console port:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is
admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
4. Click the Login button.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Security >
Access > Console Port
.
6. In the Serial Port Login Timeout (minutes) field, specify how many minutes of inactivity
occur on a serial port connection before the switch closes the connection.
Enter a number between 0 and 160.
The factory default is 5. Entering 0 disables the
time-out.
7. In the Baud Rate (bps) list, select the default baud rate for the serial port connection.
You can choose from 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200 baud.
The factory default is 115200 baud.
8. In the Login Authentication List list, select which authentication list to use when you log in
through T
elnet.
The default value is defaultList.
9. In the Enable Authentication List list, select which authentication list to use when going
into the privileged EXEC mode.
The default value is enableList.