** Firmware version 1.1.9 is compatible with MCM9000 6.3 onwards; SSH through MCM is possible for users that are not admin users.
You may encounter the below error message while you SSH via Putty or a terminal as an admin users.
If you are a Windows user, click on Accept and proceed.
If you are a MacOS user, the following text may appear in the terminal after changing the user for ssh:
Use the following command to proceed,
ssh-keygen -R <Hostname or IP Address>
Utilities available from firmware 1.1.9 onwards
Utilities | Description |
ping | A ping (Packet Internet or Inter-Network Groper) is a basic Internet program that allows a user to test and verify if a particular destination IP address exists and can accept requests in computer network administration. |
curl | Transfer data to or from a server, using any of the supported protocols (HTTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, TFTP, TELNET, LDAP, or FILE). |
traceroute | Prints the route that a packet takes to reach the host. |
netstat | Generates displays that show network status and protocol statistics |
nslookup | Discover the IP address or DNS record of a specific domain name |
route | Choose the path of the network for transporting the data packets |
ip | IP stands for Internet Protocol. This command is used to show or manipulate routing, devices, and tunnels. |
ifconfig | The command ifconfig stands for interface configurator. This command enables us to initialize an interface, assign IP address, enable or disable an interface. |
wget | Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. |
dig/nslookup | The dig (domain information groper) command is a flexible tool for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and displays the answers that are returned from the queried name server(s). |
ssh | The ssh command is used to securely log into a remote machine and execute commands on that machine. |
grep | Searches for the pattern specified by the Pattern parameter and writes each matching line to standard output. |
cat | Used to display the content of a file, copy content from one file to another, concatenate the contents of multiple files, display the line number, display $ at the end of the line, etc. |
tail | Prints the last few number of lines (10 lines by default) of a certain file, then terminates. |
ls | Lists directory contents of files and directories. It provides valuable information about files, directories, and their attributes. |
pwd | Writes to standard output the full path name of your current directory (from the root directory). |
cd | Used to change into a subdirectory, move back into the parent directory, move all the way back to the root directory or move to any given directory. |
Activate SSH Admin password via MCM GUI
Navigate to System → System Information → System Settings, fill in the SSH Admin Password and click on submit to save changes.
