While I do not have direct experience with the device, I see a few
misconceptions in what you describe.
1. I assume that you want to configure, setup, control and use the
Lantronix device from a Linux PC.
2. You need to have working network which you can use to communicated
with the Lantronix device
3. The normal and easiest way is to connect both Linux PC and Lantronix
device to working network with DHCP address assignment.
4. In order to communicate to the Lantronix device you need to know its
IP address.
You can find it the IP by executing this on your Linux PC: arp -a
This will list all devices known to your PC. Here is example output
from my PC formatted to columns for readability:
> /sbin/arp -a | column -t
pc01 (192.168.1.214) at 00:60:2F:3C:14:A5 [ether] on eth0
? (192.168.1.10) at 00:60:2F:9E:B7:B4 [ether] on eth0
gateway (192.168.1.1) at 00:60:2F:95:56:F9 [ether] on eth0
srvr01 (192.168.1.11) at 00:60:2F:B7:24:D5 [ether] on eth0
>
One of the IPs (2nd column) will be your Lantronix device.
You can see which one it is either by its name or try to connect to
the suspects by telnet
5. Connecting by telnet from your PC is described in the PDF document
bellow:
Example: telnet 192.168.1.10:9999
Then pres Enter within 5 seconds to configure the serial port part
of the Lantronix device
Save and exit the configuration - it should remember the configured
values
If you do not want to use DHCP network the next time you use the
device - configure it
with static IP of your choice, but do not forget the static IP.
6. Connect something to the serial port of the Lantronix device and
communicate
with it using telnet connection
If you do not have working network with DHCP address assignment
available - step 3 above
you will need to create it. This can be done by number of ways the
easiest one would be
to use home router/gateway with multiple ethernet ports (use the LAN
ports) to connect
the PC to Lantronix device. You should not need to connect the
router/gateway to the Internet.
Alternatively, you could use your PCs ethernet port and setup simple
DHCP server
on your PC to assign IP to the Lantronix device. Please note that if
you do this,
you will need to disable the DHCP server before connecting the PC to
any other network,
otherwise you would most likely cause serious trouble for the connected
devices.
Google for: How to setup DHCP server on ubuntu/centos/....
I hope this helps, Tomas
On Mon, 2017-03-20 at 15:46 -0700, VY wrote:
> I just tried to configure this Lantronix device but my experience
> seems a
> bit different than yours.
> I am connecting to the device via a normal ethernet cable.
>
> I connected it and has the following messages showing in
> /var/log/messages
> (include below)
> I then tried using "nmtui" to set an IP on the NIC where the device
> is
> connected. I am able to do so, activated the NIC and able to
> ping the IP. I don't see how I can configure things like baud rate.
> And
> I believe "nmtui" is only configuring the NIC and not actually
> writing the
> IP onto the
> Lantronix unit.
>
> When running "arp -a", I also don't see this device (or the NIC to
> which
> this is connected to) showing up.
> I have not connected to my LAN yet since I do not have a router.
> Even if I
> do, I would have to login to router configuration to see what is it
> new IP.
> I am hoping I can configure this unit from a Linux box and nothing
> else.
>
> I think I am missing something.
> How do I actually configure it from my Linux host?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
>
>
> ------ /var/log/messages ------
>
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper kernel: igb 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: igb:
> enp3s0
> NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Half Duplex, Flow Control: None
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.4918] device (enp3s0): link connected
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.4931] device (enp3s0): state change: unavailable ->
> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.4951] policy: auto-activating connection 'enp3s0'
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5043] device (enp3s0): Activation: starting connection
> 'enp3s0'
> (4db2432d-0792-46b8-b045-682a2cdddf4f)
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5051] device (enp3s0): state change: disconnected ->
> prepare
> (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5118] device (enp3s0): state change: prepare -> config
> (reason
> 'none') [40 50 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5278] device (enp3s0): state change: config -> ip-config
> (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper avahi-daemon[761]: Joining mDNS
> multicast
> group on interface enp3s0.IPv4 with address 169.254.4.1.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper avahi-daemon[761]: New relevant
> interface
> enp3s0.IPv4 for mDNS.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper avahi-daemon[761]: Registering new
> address
> record for 169.254.4.1 on enp3s0.IPv4.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5357] device (enp3s0): state change: ip-config -> ip
> -check
> (reason 'none') [70 80 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5407] device (enp3s0): state change: ip-check ->
> secondaries
> (reason 'none') [80 90 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5409] device (enp3s0): state change: secondaries ->
> activated
> (reason 'none') [90 100 0]
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049576.5448] device (enp3s0): Activation: successful, device
> activated.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper dbus-daemon: dbus[764]: [system]
> Activating
> via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
> unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service'
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper dbus[764]: [system] Activating via
> systemd:
> service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
> unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service'
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper systemd: Cannot add dependency job for
> unit
> microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid
> argument.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper systemd: Starting Network Manager
> Script
> Dispatcher Service...
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper dbus-daemon: dbus[764]: [system]
> Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper dbus[764]: [system] Successfully
> activated
> service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper systemd: Started Network Manager
> Script
> Dispatcher Service.
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper nm-dispatcher: req:1 'up' [enp3s0]:
> new
> request (5 scripts)
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper nm-dispatcher: req:1 'up' [enp3s0]:
> start
> running ordered scripts...
> Mar 20 15:39:36 en12-beekeeper systemd: Unit iscsi.service cannot be
> reloaded because it is inactive.
> Mar 20 15:39:37 en12-beekeeper avahi-daemon[761]: Registering new
> address
> record for fe80::3190:e312:6a33:901e on enp3s0.*.
> Mar 20 15:39:45 en12-beekeeper kernel: igb 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: igb:
> enp3s0
> NIC Link is Down
> Mar 20 15:39:46 en12-beekeeper kernel: igb 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: igb:
> enp3s0
> NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
> Mar 20 15:39:46 en12-beekeeper NetworkManager[875]: <info>
> [1490049586.9023] device (enp3s0): link connected
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Hello All:
> > >
> > > I am looking for a mechanism from Linux to configure a device
> > > that's a
> > > small ethernet server:
> > >
> > >
> > > https://www.lantronix.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/XPort-AR_CR.pdf
> > >
> > > The initial steps involve configuring its BAUD rate, IP address
> > > etc..
> > > On Windows, per their instructions, folks are asked to use things
> > > like
> > > telnet and hyperterminal,
> > > or other serial communication tools.
> > >
> > > On Linux, I have configured serial ports before, using things
> > > like
> > > minicom. But those devices would show up as /dev/TTY***. In
> > > this
> > > device, it is showing up in an ethernet port.
> > >
> > > what tools can I use to configure this device in such scenario
> > > under
> > Linux?
> > > I know exactly which ethernet port it is connected to (e.g.
> > > eth1)
> > >
> > > thanks in advanced for any tip.
> > >
> > >
> > Are you connecting to the device via a serial port?
> >
> > Standard configuration for serial port communication is: 9600, 8,
> > N, 1
> >
> > i.e.
> > Bits per second (Baud Rate): 9600
> > Data Bits: 8
> > Parity: None
> > Stop Bits: 1
> > Flow Control: None
> >
> > This getting started document explains how to connect via the
> > serial port.
> > https://www.lantronix.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/XPort-AR_QS.pdf
> >
> > The device also has DHCP enabled, so you could just plug into your
> > LAN. You
> > can run the command arp -a before plugging in it and then after.
> > You should
> > see the new mac & ip addr entry in your computer's arp table.
> >
> > Here's an example of an arp table entry on my computer:
> >
> > gateway (10.0.0.1) at 00:00:ca:11:22:33 [ether] on enp2s0
> >
> > The first 6 characters of any mac addr are reserved for the OUI,
> > Organizationally Unique Identifier. In my example arp table entry,
> > 00:00:ca
> > is for Arris.
> >
> > Lantronix's OUI is: 00:80:A3
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Mike
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