If you are experiencing difficulty configuring your EtherPAD, follow this checklist to get you up and running quickly.

EtherPAD configuration

To immediately start connecting your serial device to a network, it is necessary to assign and configure your EtherPAD with an IP address (E.g. 192.168.0.0) and subnet mask (E.g. 255.255.255.0). Choose one of the following four ways to do this:

1. EtherPAD Windows Utility, WinEtherCfg (PC with network connection)
2. EtherPAD Unix Utility UnixEtherCfg (Unix host with network connection)
3. Manually via a dedicated serial configuration cable (If you have no network, or the network is too slow)
4. Automatically from a local BootP/TFTP server (Microsoft Windows NT server or Unix server)
Options #1 and #2 require the EtherPAD to be connected to an Ethernet network. Option #3 requires a serial configuration cable. Option #4 option requires a BootP server to be configured. If you do not know how to set-up a BootP server, ask your Network Administrator for help.

Note: If you already assigned an incorrect IP address to the EtherPAD and now can't connect via a web browser, you need to access the configuration menu via a serial cable.

CONFIG cable check
If you decided to configure your EtherPAD via a serial connection and you are having trouble, check your configuration cable's PIN assignments. The configuration cable should resemble the following: (Note that the EtherPAD configuration port is a 9-pin DB-9 connector)

EtherPAD serial configuration cable

Connecting to the EtherPAD
Plug the power supply into an AC power point (e.g. wall socket) and the IBM power connector into the IBM power socket on the EtherPAD.

1. Connect a network cable into the RJ45 socket on the EtherPAD and into an Ethernet LAN connection point. Now launch the WinEtherCfg application. Select the PAD with the corresponding MAC address from the available list.
2. Connect the EtherPAD's configuration serial port (DB-9) to a spare serial port on your PC using a serial configuration cable. Use HyperTerminal to connect to the EtherPAD's configuration menu.

Note: The EtherPAD's configuration port is factory set to 19200 Bps with No parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit (19200, n, 8, 1). This can be changed via the Configuration Interface submenu. (Refer to Custom Configuration) These changes stay active until the EtherPAD reboots after which the configuration port settings will return to the default settings. Ensure that your terminal expands Carriage Returns to Carriage Return/Line Feed pairs (CR -> CR-LF)