# About This Guide

## How to use this guide

This guide explains how to configure and use the MAX as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or telecommuting hub. Following is a chapter-by-chapter description of the topics:

- Chapter 1, Getting Acquainted with the MAX, lists the MAX features as they apply to an ISP or telecommuting hub application.

- Chapter 3, Configuring WAN Access, shows you how to configure the MAX for various types of WAN connectivity.

- Chapter 4, Configuring Individual WAN Connections, explains how to set up your connections for PPP, MP+, Combinet, or Frame Relay protocols.

- Chapter 5, Configuring Frame Relay, explains how to set up your connections for Frame Relay.

- Chapter 10, AppleTalk Routing, explains how to configure the for MAX AppleTalk routing.

- Chapter 6, Configuring X.25, describes X.25 support on the MAX.

- Chapter 14, Defining Static Filters, explains how filters work and how to define filters.

- Chapter 11, Configuring Packet Bridging, explains how to configure the MAX for bridging.

- Chapter 9, Configuring IPX Routing, explains how to configure the MAX for IPX routing.

- Chapter 7, Configuring IP Routing, explains how to configure the MAX for IP routing.

- Chapter 8, Configuring OSPF Routing, explains this Internet routing protocol.

- Chapter 12, Setting Up IP Multicast Forwarding, explains how to configure multicast forwarding.

- Chapter 13, Setting Up Virtual Private Networks, explains show to set up VPNs through ATMP and PPTP protocols.

This guide also includes an index.

## What you should know

This guide is for the person who configures and maintains the MAX. To configure the MAX, you need to understand the following:

- Wide area network (WAN) concepts

- Local area network (LAN) concepts, if applicable

## Documentation conventions

Following are all the special characters and typographical conventions used in this manual:

#### Convention | #### Meaning
--- | ---
`Monospace text` | Represents text that appears on your computer's screen, or that could appear on your computer's screen.
Boldface mono-space text | Represents characters that you enter exactly as shown (unless the characters are also in italics-see Italics, below). If you could enter the characters but are not specifically instructed to, they do not appear in boldface.
Italics | Represent variable information. Do not enter the words themselves in the command. Enter the information they represent. In ordinary text, italics are used for titles of publications, for some terms that would otherwise be in quotation marks, and to show emphasis.
[ ] | Square brackets indicate an optional argument you might add to a command. To include such an argument, type only the information inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets unless they appear in bold type.
| | Separates command choices that are mutually exclusive.
> | Points to the next level in the path to a parameter or menu item. The item that follows the angle bracket is one of the options that appears when you select the item that precedes the angle bracket.
Key1-Key2 | Represents a combination keystroke. To enter a combination keystroke, press the first key and hold it down while you press one or more other keys. Release all the keys at the same time. (For example, Ctrl-H means hold down the Control key and press the H key.)
Press Enter | Means press the Enter, or Return, key or its equivalent on your computer.
Note: | Introduces important additional information.
Caution: | Warns that a failure to follow the recommended procedure could result in loss of data or damage to equipment.
Warning: | Warns that a failure to take appropriate safety precautions could result in physical injury.

Note: In a menu-item path, include a space before and after each ">" character.

## MAX 6000 Series documentation set

The MAX 6000 Series documentation set consists of the following manuals:

- MAX 6000 Series Administration Guide

- MAX 6000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

- MAX 6000 Series Network Configuration Guide (this guide)

- MAX Glossary

- MAX Reference Guide

- MAX Security Supplement

- MAX RADIUS Configuration Guide

## Related publications

This guide and documentation set do not provide a detailed explanation of products, architectures, or standards developed by other companies or organizations.

Here are some related publications that you may find useful:

- The Guide to T1 Networking, William A. Flanagan

- Data Link Protocols, Uyless Black

- The Basics Book of ISDN, Motorola University Press

- ISDN, Gary C. Kessler

- TCP/IP Illustrated, W. Richard Stevens

- Firewalls and Internet Security, William R. Cheswick and Steven M. Bellovin

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