Connect a female-to-female serial cable from the serial port of the router to a serial port in a computer that can reach the router. Make sure both devices are powered on.
-Within your computer, access Hyperterminal by going to Start button, Programs, Accessories, Communications, Hyperterminal -Create a new connection with the name of your choice (example "Netopia") -Within the "Connect To" prompt change "Connect Using" to COM 1 -In the Com 1 properties use the following settings: Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control Hardware -You may need to hit "enter" a few times to see the login prompt for the router -From here you should be able to get in and view the configurations within the router. According to my information you are using a Netopia R5300 with firmware version 4.11.3 (or above if you have upgraded recently). The following is what should be entered in the router.
Easy Setup
First screen: Operation Mode Normal Line encoding B8ZS Framing Mode ESF Number of DSO Channels 24 Channel Data Rate Nx64k Data Link Encapsulation Frame Relay PPP over Frame Relay Enabled On DLCI 16 LMI ANSI (Annex D)
Second screen:
Address Translation Enabled No Ip addressing Numbered Local WAN IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Local WAN IP mask: 0.0.0.0 Remote IP address 127.0.0.2 Remote IP mask 255.255.255.255
PPP Authentication CHAP Send Host name 1821935@bz8 [unique to user] Send secret 66a7yba1 [unique to user]
Third Screen Ethernet IP address 68.108.99.1 [unique to user] Ethernet subnet mask 255.255.255.192 [unique to user] Domain name: covad.net Primary domain name server 64.1210.121.154 [unique to user] Secondary domain name server 64.135.160.250 [unique to user]
Default ip gateway 127.0.0.2 IP address serving: off
