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How to use this guide

What you should know

Documentation conventions

MAX 800 Series documentation set

Related publications

Using the MAX as an ISP or telecommuting hub

Using the MAX as an ISP hub

Using the MAX as a telecommuting hub

Overview of MAX configuration

Creating a network diagram

Configuring lines, slots, and ports for WAN access

Configuring WAN connections and security

Configuring routing and bridging across the WAN

Enabling protocol-independent packet bridging

Using IPX routing (NetWare 3.11 or newer)

IP routing

Virtual private networks

Management features

Using the terminal-server command line

Using status windows to track WAN or Ethernet activity

Managing the MAX using SNMP

Using remote management to configure far-end Ascend units

Flash RAM and software updates

Call Detail Reporting (CDR)

MAX profiles

Obtaining privileges to use the menus

Activating a profile

Where to go next

Introduction to WAN configuration

Menus and profiles

How the VT100 menus relate to slots and ports

System slot

Expansion slots

Ethernet and WAN slots

Phone number assignments

Add-on numbers

Hunt groups

SPIDS (for BRI lines)

Configuring ISDN BRI network cards

Understanding the BRI parameters

Name

Switch Type

Link Type

Using the BRI line for switched or nailed connections

Phone number and Service Profile Identifier (SPID) assignments

Examples of BRI configuration

Configuring incoming switched connections

Introduction to WAN links

The Answer profile

Understanding the Answer profile parameters

Use Answer as Default

Force 56

Profile Reqd

ID-Auth

Encaps subprofile

IP options

Encapsulation-specific options

X.75 options

Session options

Example of Answer profile configuration

Connection profiles

Understanding Connection profile parameters

Station

Dial #

Calling #

Called #

Encaps and Encaps Options

Route IP, Route IPX, Route AppleTalk

Bridge

Connection profile Session options

Data Filter, Call Filter

Idle, TS Idle Mode, TS Idle

Preempt

Backup

Block Calls After

Connection profile telco options

AnsOrig

Callback

Callback Delay

Data Svc

Bill #

Dialout OK

Connection profile accounting options

Acct Type

Acct Host and Acct Port

Acct Timeout and Acct Key

Acct-ID Base

Name/Password profiles

Understanding the Name/Password profile parameters

Name

Active

Rec PW

Template Connection

Example Name/Password profile configuration

Configuring PPP connections

Configuring single-channel PPP connections

Understanding the PPP parameters

Routing and bridging parameters

Revc Auth and Send Auth

Send PW and Recv PW

Send Name

Maximum receive units (MRU)

Link quality monitoring (LQM)

Link Comp and VJ Comp

CBCP Enable

CBCP Mode

CBCP Trunk Group

BACP

Dyn Alg

Sec History

Add Pers

Sub Pers

Split Code.User

Example of a PPP connection

Configuring MP and BACP connections

Understanding the MP and BACP parameters

MP without BACP

Enabling BACP for MP connections

Specifying channel counts

Dynamic algorithm for calculating bandwidth requirements

Time period for calculating average line utilization

Target utilization

How long the condition should persist before adding or dropping links (Add Pers)

Guidelines for configuring bandwidth criteria

Example of MP connection without BACP

Example MP connection with BACP

Configuring Ascend MP+ connections

Understanding the MP+ parameters

Channel counts and bandwidth allocation parameters

Auxiliary password for added channels

Bandwidth monitoring

Idle percent

Example of MP+ configuration

Configuring multichannel calls across a stack of units

How MP/MP+ call spanning works

Bundle ownership

Connection profiles within a stack

Phone numbers for new MP+ and MP-with-BACP channels

Performance considerations for MAX stacking

Suggested LAN configurations

Suggested hunt group configurations

Understanding the stack parameters

Stacking Enabled

Stack Name

UDP Port

Configuring a MAX stack

Disabling a MAX stack

Adding and removing a MAX

Configuring an ARA connection

Understanding the ARA parameters

AppleTalk and Zone Name

Profile Reqd

Password

Max. Time

Example of ARA configuration that enables IP access

Configuring dial-in PPP for AppleTalk

Configuring an AppleTalk PPP connection with a Connection profile

Configuring an AppleTalk PPP connection with a Name/Password profile

Configuring AppleTalk connections from RADIUS

Configuring terminal-server connections

Connection authentication issues

Analog modems and async PPP connections

V.120 terminal adapters and PPP connections

V.120 terminal adapters with PPP turned off

Modem connections

V.120 terminal adapter connections

TCP-clear connections

Username login

TCP-modem connections (DNIS Login)

The terminal-server interface

Terminal mode

Menu mode

Immediate mode

Enabling terminal-server calls and setting security

Understanding modem parameters

V42/MNP

Max Baud

MDM Trn Level

MDM Modulation

Cell FIrst and Cell Level

7-Even

Packet Wait and Packet Characters

Example of modem configuration

Configuring terminal mode

Understanding the terminal-mode parameters

Example of terminal-mode configuration

Configuring immediate mode

Understanding the immediate-mode parameters

Immed Host and Immed Port

Configuring menu mode

Understanding the menu-mode parameters

Example of menu-mode configuration

Configuring PPP mode

Understanding the PPP mode parameters

Example of PPP configuration

Configuring Serial Line IP (SLIP) mode

Understanding the SLIP mode parameters

Example of SLIP configuration

Configuring dial-out options

Understanding the Dialout parameters

Example of dial-out configuration

Introduction to AppleTalk routing

When to use AppleTalk routing

Reducing broadcast and multicast traffic

Providing dynamic startup information to local devices

Understanding AppleTalk zones and network ranges

AppleTalk zones

Extended and nonextended AppleTalk networks

Understanding how AppleTalk works

Configuring AppleTalk routing

System-level AppleTalk routing parameters

Answer profile parameter

Per-connection AppleTalk routing parameters

Configuring an AppleTalk connection with RADIUS

Reading more about AppleTalk

Introduction to Ascend filters

Packet filters and firewalls

Generic filters

IP filters

IPX filters

Dynamic firewalls

Ways to apply packet filters to an interface

Data filters for dropping or forwarding certain packets

Call filters for managing connections

How packet filters work

Generic filters

IP filters

IPX filters

Defining packet filters

Name of the Filter profile

Input and output filters

Type of filter

Generic filter parameters

Forward

Offset

Length

Value

Compare

More

IP filter parameters

Forward

Src Mask

Src Adrs

Dst Mask

Dst Adrs

Protocol

Src Port #

Dst Port #

TCP Estab

Example filter specifications

Defining a filter to drop AppleTalk broadcasts

Defining a filter to prevent IP-address spoofing

Defining a filter for more complex IP security issues

Applying packet filters

How filters are applied

Applying filters in the Answer profile

Specifying a data filter

Specifying a call filter

Filter persistence

Applying a data filter on Ethernet

Examples of configurations that apply filters

Applying a data filter in a Connection profile

Applying a call filter for resetting the idle timer

Applying a data filter to the Ethernet interface

Configuring predefined filters

IP Call filter

NetWare Call filter

AppleTalk Call filter

Introduction to Ascend bridging

Disadvantages of bridging

How the MAX initiates a bridged WAN connection

Physical addresses and the bridge table

Broadcast addresses

Establishing a bridged connection

Enabling bridging

Managing the bridge table

Configuring bridged connections

Understanding the bridging parameters

Bridging in the Answer profile

Station name and password

Bridging and dial broadcast in a Connection profile

Names and passwords

Bridge Adrs parameters

Example of a bridged connection

IPX bridged configurations

Understanding the IPX bridging parameters

Netware T/O (watchdog spoofing)

Example of an IPX client bridge (local clients)

Example of an IPX server bridge (local servers)

Configuring proxy mode on the MAX

Introduction to IPX routing

IPX Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) tables

IPX Routing Information Protocol (RIP) tables

IPX and PPP link compression

Ascend extensions to standard IPX

IPX Route profiles

IPX SAP filters

WAN considerations for NetWare client software

Enabling IPX routing in the MAX

Understanding the global IPX parameters

IPX Routing

IPX Frame

IPX Enet #

IPX Pool #

Examples of IPX routing configuration

A basic configuration using default values

A more complex example

Verifying the router configuration

Configuring IPX routing connections

Understanding the IPX connection parameters

Enabling IPX routing in the Answer profile

Authentication method used for passwords received from the far end

IPX SAP filters

Station name and Recv PW in a Connection profile

Peer dialin for routing to NetWare clients

Controlling RIP and SAP transmissions across the WAN connection

Dial Query for bringing up a connection based on service queries

IPX network and alias

Handle IPX client or server bridging

Netware T/O watchdog spoofing

SAP HS Proxy (NetWare SAP Home Server Proxy)

Examples of IPX routing connections

Configuring a dial-in client connection

Configuring a connection between two LANs

Configuring a connection with local servers only

Configuring the NetWare SAP Home Server Proxy

Configuring static IPX routes

Understanding the static route parameters

Examples of static-route configuration

Creating and applying IPX SAP filters

Understanding the IPX SAP filter parameters

Input SAP Filters and Output SAP Filters

Valid

Type

Server Type

Server Name

Applying IPX SAP filters

Example of IPX SAP filter configuration

Introduction to IP routing and interfaces

IP addresses and subnet masks

Zero subnets

IP routes

How the MAX uses the routing table

Static routes

Dynamic routes

Route preferences and metrics

MAX IP interfaces

Ethernet interfaces

WAN IP interfaces

Numbered interfaces

Configuring the local IP network setup

Understanding the IP network parameters

Primary IP address for each Ethernet interface

Second IP address for each Ethernet interface

Enabling RIP on the Ethernet interface

Ignoring the default route

Proxy ARP and inverse ARP

Specifying address pools

Forcing callers configured for a pool address to accept dynamic assignment

Summarizing host routes in routing table advertisements

Sharing Connection profiles

Suppressing host route advertisements

Telnet password

BOOTP Relay

Local domain name

DNS or WINS name servers

DNS lists

Client DNS

SNTP service

Specifying SNTP server addresses

UDP checksums

Examples of IP network configuration

Configuring the MAX IP interface on a subnet

Configuring DNS

Additional terminal-server commands

Show commands

DNStab commands

Configuring the local DNS table

Criteria for valid names in the local DNS table

Entering IP addresses in the local DNS table

Editing the local DNS table

Deleting an entry from the local DNS table

Setting up address pools with route summarization

Configuring IP routing connections

Understanding the IP routing connection parameters

Assign Adrs

Route IP

Enabling IP routing for a WAN interface

Configuring the remote IP address

WAN Alias

Specifying a local IP interface address

Assigning metrics and preferences

Private routes

Assigning the IP address dynamically

IP direct configuration

Configuring RIP on this interface

Checking remote host requirements

UNIX software

Window or OS/2 software

Macintosh software

Software configuration

Examples of IP routing connections

Configuring dynamic address assignment to a dial-in host

Configuring a host connection with a static address

Configuring an IP Direct connection

Configuring a router-to-router connection

Configuring a router-to-router connection on a subnet

Configuring a numbered interface

Configuring IP routes and preferences

Understanding the static route parameters

2nd Adrs

Active

Client Pri DNS

Dest

DownMetric

DownPreference

Filter

IF Adrs

Gateway

Ignore Def Rt

IP Adrs

IPX Frame

LAN Adrs

Metric

Name

NSSA-ASE7

Pool

Preference

Private

Proxy Mode

RIP

RipAseType

RIP Preference

RIP Queue Depth

SourceIP Check

Static Preference

WAN Alias

Examples of static route configuration

Configuring the default route

Defining a static route to a remote subnet

Example of route preferences configuration

Configuring the MAX for dynamic route updates

Understanding the dynamic routing parameters

RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

Ignore Def Rt

RIP Policy and RIP Summary

Ignoring ICMP Redirects

Private routes

Examples of RIP and ICMP configurations

Translating Network Addresses for a LAN

Single-address NAT and port routing

Outgoing connection address translation

Incoming connection address translation

Translation table size

Multiple-address NAT

Configuring single or multiple address NAT

NAT for Frame Relay

Configuring NAT port routing (Static Mapping submenu)

Routing all incoming sessions to the default server

Routing incoming sessions to up to ten servers on the private LAN

Disabling routing for specific ports

Well-known ports

Proxy-QOS and TOS support in the MAX

Defining QOS and TOS policy within a profile

Settings in a Connection profile

Settings in a RADIUS profile

Examples of connection-based proxy-QOS and TOS

Defining TOS filters

Settings in RADIUS

Examples of defining a TOS filter

Applying TOS filters to WAN connections

Applying a filter to a Connection profile

Applying a TOS filter to a RADIUS profile

Introduction to Virtual Private Networks

Configuring ATMP tunnels

How the MAX creates ATMP tunnels

Setting the UDP port

Setting an MTU limit

How link compression affects the MTU

How ATMP tunneling causes fragmentation

Pushing the fragmentation task to connection end-points

Forcing fragmentation for interoperation with outdated clients

Router and gateway mode

Configuring the Foreign Agent

Understanding the Foreign Agent parameters and attributes

Example of configuring a Foreign Agent (IP)

Example of configuring a Foreign Agent (IPX)

Configuring a Home agent

Configuring a Home Agent in router mode

Configuring a Home Agent in gateway mode

Specifying the tunnel password

Setting an idle timer for unused tunnels

Configuring the MAX as an ATMP multimode agent

Supporting Mobile Node routers (IP only)

Home Agent in router mode

Home Agent in gateway mode

ATMP connections that bypass a Foreign Agent

Configuring PPTP tunnels for dial-in clients

How the MAX works as a PAC

Understanding the PPTP PAC parameters

Enabling PPTP

Specifying a PRI line for PPTP calls and the PNS IP address

Example of a PAC configuration

Example of a PPTP tunnel across multiple POPs

Routing a terminal-server session to a PPTP server

Configuring L2TP tunnels for dial-in clients

Elements of L2TP tunneling

How the MAX creates L2TP tunnels

LAC and LNS mode

Tunnel authentication

Client authentication

Flow control

Configuration of the MAX as an LAC

Understanding the L2TP LAC parameters

Configuring the MAX

Configuration of the MAX as an LNS

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