Remote Serial Port

Some equipment that is co-located with HamWAN gear can be managed using remote serial ports. This page will assist you in establishing a connection to those devices.

Authorization

Accessing remote serial ports hosted on RouterOS devices requires you to authorize your IP address through our[portal.hamwan.ca portal]. To do this you will need a portal account.

1. Locate the Equipment hosting the serial port you want to access and navigate to its Tools tab.

2. Find the tool called Manage Remote Serial Port Access. If you cannot find this tool the device may not have remote serial ports enabled or your portal account might not have the correct permissions to authorize access to them.

3. Click Query Statusto get a quick summary of authorizations already in place. (should be none)

4. Before clicking Authorize IP ensure that the portal has correctly detected your IP Address or if you are authorizing an IP address different from the one you are accessing the portal with enter it in the text box.

5. Click Query Status again to ensure that the authorization is in place.

Once you have completed whatever work requires access to the serial port please return to the portal and Reset Authorizations to ensure that all connections are closed and secure.

Computer Configuration

Our equipment is configured to expose a RFC2217 compliant remote serial port over TCP using port 5555. You should be able to use any compliant client software to connect but we will describe the process using VSPE from http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html

TODO: Steps

Common Problems

• Authorizing your IP address does not alter any firewall rules in place on the device. If you have configured everything correctly and still cannot connect contact the mailing list for assistance.