BCM 400w expansion mod.

[fondog2]

Hello,
The company I work for has handed me this system with the password and the IP address to access the system. They handed it to me in several boxes. I have installed several Nortel and Avaya systems but this one I would like to learn. I know that the system programming is accessed through your browser. But I have it on my test bench and want to log into it directly form my laptop and see what I can do with it. I have changed my IP range to the same range as the BCM and tried connecting through a cross over cable to the port marked 1 and my laptop doesn't see it. I also do not have the expansion mod connected to the main cabnet with the special cable supplied by Nortel. Does that make a difference? What should I do? Once I am in the system I can read the documentation that is on the BCM and figure most of it out. Thanks in advance.

 

[acewarlock]

Are you getting the main menu though the IP? if not JAVA isn't your problem.

 

[acewarlock]

Put your xover cable into port 2, on your web browser type 10.10.11.1. you should get the main menu. if not

I know your user name say's it/is management but when you do ipconfig from cmd line what do you get?

 

[fondog2]

Man we are really bad. This is our day off and we are still working on issues. I guess we are dedicated. I am not getting anything through the cross over. It says that the page can not be displayed. But I can ping it from the cmd prompt. I know it says management. But when I found this site I was not sure what all the names meant. I have been working on all types of switches since 93. This is my first BCM. I have installed several CICS's and MICS's and have liked both platforms. So I was really excited to get my hands on a BCM. I changed my IP to 10.10.11.2 to keep it in the same range as the BCM. That is why it doesn't make any sence that I can ping it but can't connect through explorer. I thought my Java settings were off. Let me know what you guys think I should do and I will try it on Monday and get back to you. Have a good holiday.

 

[acewarlock]

When you ping 10.10.11.1 what do you get when you ipconfig?

you should get 10.10.11.2 then open the browser an enter 10.10.11.1, you should then get the main menu.

 

[fondog2]

acewarlock,

I tried everything you have asked from the old PC and it would not connect. So I used my old one and made all the changes to config it to connect and it connected the first time. I am going to see what is the difference in the two PC's are so I will know in the future. Both have XP so I am not sure. But I can connect right to it. Thank you all for your help. When all else fails use another computer.

Thanks again.