On Oct 25, 16:45, Sean Caron wrote:
> I've actually got the software, already, though. It turns out that Cayman
> has it
> available on their FTP site for free now, along with the software-unlock
> passwords (which are on their web site).
I'm told by a colleague that ome of the later versions are actually
inferior to 2.x -- he said there was some problem in later versions that
made the GatorBox run out of memory after a while.
> The problem with my particular GatorBox is that the former users of it
had
> set a password on it which makes it so that I cannot reconfigure the
> GatorBox using the GatorConfig (if I remember correctly) utility. It asks
> for the password before saving the configuration, which I do not have.
>
> Apparently, Cayman used to have some sort of back-door for getting
> back into locked GatorBoxes, but it says on their web site specifically
> that they are no longer offering lock-out support for them, which is
> kind of a shame, since they are extremely useful boxes.
It's listed in the Hardware Manual (and mentioned no a couple of web
sites). You connect a terminal (or PC or Mac) to the serial port (VT100,
9600 baud, 8N1), set the Ethernet switch to "test", power the GatorBox, and
you should get a menu. Select the code memory test, which wipes all the
settings. However, you will need to re-install the GatorShare software
afterwards, which will require a Mac and a "download server" (could be a
TFTP server).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Thu Oct 26 2000 - 03:00:24 BST