bucy wrote:
] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.

I remember Netcom.. Might I add, flashbacks should not come in the form of IRC text scrolling out in front of you like the beginning of Star Wars.. There should be more vivid color then a copy of IRCII running Phoenix.

bucy wrote:
]
] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.

I had no idea that netcom was gone. Domain now points to earthlink...

bucy wrote:
]
] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.

I need help getting into mine.
I have a console but login says "Host not found"
have permutated switches and set only jumper...

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Spinner wrote:
] bucy wrote:
] ]
] ] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] ] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] ] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.
]
] I need help getting into mine.
] I have a console but login says "Host not found"
] have permutated switches and set only jumper...
]
] any help would be greatly appreciated.

Probably trying to connect to a radius or tacacs server... Google portmaster documentation.

Spinner wrote:
] bucy wrote:
] ]
] ] I bought an old Portmaster 2e a few days ago to run serial
] ] consoles for a bunch of unix boxen. When we brought up its
] ] config, the domain name in it was netcom.com.
]
] I need help getting into mine.
] I have a console but login says "Host not found"
] have permutated switches and set only jumper...
]
] any help would be greatly appreciated.

First, you need to get in. Set dip switch 1 to the up position and use a username of !root and a password of override. You should get a login failure, but it should return a 16 character challenge string. Mail that string to override@portmasters.com and it will automatically respond. Lucent gave them authority to handle this sort of thing when they killed the portmaster line. When you get a response, login as !root again and use the response they give you as the password, and you should be in and can use set password to set a new password.

Next, you are going to want to erase the configuration to the factory default. Enter the following commands:

set console
set debug 0x72
erase configuration
reboot

You should then be able to login via S0 and perform your configuration.