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MicroRouter 1220i Installation Guide Compat ibl e Systems Corporati on 4730 W al nut St reet Suite 1 02 Bould er , Colorado 80301 303- 444- 9532 800- 356- 0283 http://www .
MicroRout er 1220i Installation Guide, V ersion 3.0 Copyri ght© 1999, Compatibl e Systems Corpo ration All rights reser ved. MicroRouter and Compat iV iew are trademarks of Compatible Sys tems Corporation. Other trademarks ar e the property of their respective holders.
i Chapte r 1 - Introducti on 1 A BOU T THE M ICRO R OUTER 1220 I 1 AN OTE A BOU T F IREWALLS 1 AN OTE A BOU T O N -D EMAND I NTERNETWORKING 1 M ICRO R OUTER 1220 I I NSTALLATION O VERVIEW 2 Chapter 2 .
ii Chapte r 4 - CompatiView Software Ins tallatio n 13 C OMPATI V IEW FOR W INDOWS 13 System Req uirements 13 Installa tion and Oper ation 13 Transpo rt Protocols and Compa tiView 14 Chapter 5 - Comma.
iii Suggeste d for IPX 24 Link Co nfigur ation 24 Suggeste d for Dedicate d/Leased Line Op eratio n 24 Frame Rel ay DLCI Mapping s 24 IP Protoco l 25 Require d for IP 25 Requir ed for IP Numbered Int .
iv Appendix C - LED Pa tterns and Test Switch S ettings 33 MicroR outer 1220 i LED Patter ns 33 Power O n, No Traffic 33 Ether net Traf fic Ind icators ( Ethe rnet LED Bars) 33 Other In dicato rs (on .
Chapter 1 - Introducti on 1 Chapter 1 - Introduction About the MicroRouter 1220i Congrat ulations on your pur chase of the MicroRouter 1220i mul tiport wide ar ea router . The MicroRouter 1220i support s the IP and IPX network protocols, with leased-line and/or dial-on-dem and operation using the PPP , Frame Relay and/o r SMDS wide area protocols.
2 Chapter 1 - Introducti on BE SURE THA T YOUR ROUTER C ONFIGURA T ION IS ALLOWING THE ROUTER TO DROP THE COMMUNICA TIONS LINK WHEN IT I SN’T NEEDED. MicroRo uter 1220i Insta llation Overvi ew This manual will he lp you install the MicroRout er 1220i to connect two local Ethernets to 1 or 2 remote networks and/or r emote PPP cl ient computer s.
Chapter 1 - Introducti on 3 Chapter 3 - Network Inst allation Here you will find step-by-step in structions on how to physically instal l the MicroR outer 1220i and con nect it to your l ocal Ethernets and you r wide area net work(s).
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Chapter 2 - Getting Started 5 Chapter 2 - Getting Started AF e wN o t e s Please Read The Manuals The manuals incl uded with your MicroRouter 1220 i contain some very important information about the Mi croRouter 1220i and local and wide area networki ng in general.
6 Chapter 2 - Getting Started What You Will Need To Get S tarted Before conn ecting the MicroRouter 122 0i, please check the list below to make sure that yo u have received all of the items that are supplied with the MicroRouter 1220i package.
Chapter 2 - Getting Started 7 10Base-T Twisted-Pair Ethernet T o connect the router's Ethernet interface to twis ted-pair Ethernet cabling you will need an unshielded twisted-pair station cable that is connected to a 10BaseT -comp atible twisted-pair hub.
8 Chapter 2 - Getting Started RS-232 Interface The MicroRout er 1220i includes on e DB-25 to DB-25 RS-232 sync/as ync cable. This cabl e supports RS- 232 asynchrono us modems, synchronous leased an d switched 56K C SU/DSUs, and IS DN T erminal Adapters.
Chapter 3 - Network Installatio n 9 Chapter 3 - Network Ins tallation MicroRou ter 1220i Back P anel This section of the manual describes how to connect the MicroRouter 1220i to your Et hernet network and your wide are a communications device(s). In s ummary , the steps for installation are: 1.
10 Chapter 3 - Network Installatio n Connecting the Router to the Ethernet If your twisted-pair hub is already in place, you can connect the router to an active network without interrupting network activity .
Chapter 3 - Network Installatio n 11 Connecting Device s to the RS-232C Interface This in terface -- W AN 1 -- can be used t o connect to s ynchronous or asynchro nous line communi cations devices at rate s up to 256Kbps (sync), o r 230.4 Kbps ( async).
12 Chapter 3 - Network Installatio n Powering Up the Router Power up any modem, CSU/DSU, or T A before powering up the router . This allows the router to immediately sense whether its secondary inter- face is connected. The excep tion to this rule is when connecting an RS232 interface to a CSU/DSU.
Chapter 4 - Comp atiView Software Inst allation 13 Chapter 4 - CompatiView Software Installation All of the routers in Compa tible Systems’ int ernetworking and VPN families , including all RISC Router and MicroR outer models, can be managed from a single GUI manage ment platform called Compat i- V iew .
14 Chapter 4 - Comp atiView Software Inst allation Run the auto-ins tallation program (C V5x file) by double-cli cking on it. The installation program will ask you to select (or create) a directory in which it shou ld locate CompatiV iew and its associated f iles and data- base su bdir ecto ry .
Chapter 5 - Comm and Line Management 15 Chapter 5 - Command Line Management The command lin e interface allows you to configu re and monitor the router in-ban d via telnet or o ut-of-band with a terminal connected to the MicroRouter 1220i’ s Console interface.
16 Chapter 5 - Comm and Line Management Ethernet inter faces. Y ou can then do the following: 1. Se t the host’s IP addr ess to 1 98.41 .12. 2, wi th a Cl ass C s ubne t mask (255.25 5.255.0) and then T elnet to 198.41.12.1. 2. Enter the default p assword letmein at the p asswor d pro mpt.
Chapter 5 - Comm and Line Management 17 work (if using the IPX transport protoco l). Instructions for these two m ethods are gi ven in Chap ter 4 - Com pat iV iew Softwa re Installatio n . • W ith CompatiV iew , basic IP parameters can be set using the TCP/IP Ro uting: Ethernet 0 D ialog Box.
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Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide 19 Chapter 6 - Basic Configuration Guide This chapter briefly discusses the major parameters that must be s et in order to use the router .
20 Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide Ethernet Interfac e Configuration Ethernet interfaces are considerably easier to set up than wide area interfaces since t here are fewer choices that need to b e made regarding communi cations protocols and param eters.
Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide 21 IPX Protocol Required for IP X There are general ly no required changes from the shipp ing Ethernet configuration for IPX. The Ethernet interface will autoconfigur e to use the two most common IPX frame types, an d will autoadapt to condi- tions on the Ethernet .
22 Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide PPP Configur ation This section covers the settings required for PPP (point-to-point) protocol operation of the W AN interfaces. Link Config uration Required for Dedicate d/Leased Line Operation Dedicated line operation is the simplest to set up.
Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide 23 method and to select a chat s cript (once you have created one). Use the W AN Chat Scripts Di alog Box (under Global /W AN Chat Scripts) to create your chat script. TB: Use config ure and t hen set the Dia ling , DialOutScript ,a n d Dr opInact keywo rds in the Link Config W AN 1 sectio n.
24 Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide Suggested fo r IPX If you p lan to u se dial-on- demand for t his link , you shou ld set the update m ethod to “t riggered” to avoi d the link bei ng broug ht up by transm ission of IPX RIP informati on.
Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide 25 uses IARP (Inverse Address Resolution Proto col) to dynamically generate this in formation. T o connect to other vendors’ r outers which do not s uppo rt IARP , y ou mus t provi de DL CI-to -pr otoco l mapp ing information.
26 Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide Frame ,a n d I nterfaceDLCI keyw ords i n the IP W AN 0 (and/or any other port yo u wish to configure) section. Suggested fo r IP These parameters help supp ly information about the segment that the interface is connected to.
Chapter 6 - Basic Config uration Guide 27 SMDS Configuration This section covers the settings required for SMDS ( Switched Multi-me gabit Data Service) operati on of the MicroRout er 1220i W AN 0 interface (IP only). SMDS is a connectionless, packet-switched service that offer s LAN-to-LAN connectivity across a wide area at up to 1.
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Appendix A - Shipping Defaults 29 Appendix A - Shipping Defaults Ethernet Interfaces IP Routing Defaults • Off, both interfaces IP Bridging Defaults • On, both interfac es • Address: 1 98.41.12.1 • Subnet Mas k: 255.255.255 .0 • Broadcast Ad dress: 198 .
30 Appendix A - Shipping Defaults V.35 (WAN 0) Link & Physical Defaults • PPP • Dedicated • Sync, external clock RS-232 (WAN 1) Link & Physical Defaults • PPP • Dial-in • Async @ 1 15.
Appendix B - Connecto r and Cable Pin Outs 31 Appendix B - Connector and Cable Pin Outs Pin Outs for V.35 Fema le Connec tor (DTE) V .35 ( DTE) Signal A Chassis G round ↔ B Signal Gr ound ↔ C Requ.
32 Appendix B - Connecto r and Cable Pin Outs Pin Outs for DB-25 Male to DB-25 Female RS-232 Data & Console Cable The cable supplied with the MicroRo uter 1220i is twenty-five condu c- tors, straight th rough. Connections o n both the auxiliar y interface and the data interface follo w the standard RS-232 pin o uts.
Appendix C - LED Patterns and Test Switch Settin gs 33 Appendix C - LED Patterns and Test Switch Settings MicroRouter 1220i L ED Pattern s The MicroRo uter 1220i us es a number of light p atterns on its fron t LED bars t o indi ca te ope rati ng co nditi ons.
34 Appendix C - LED Patterns and Test Switch Settin gs MicroRouter 1220i Switch Settin gs Caut ion : Settings marked w ith an asteris k may erase your Flash ROM. Please do not use these setti ngs without first contacting Compatib le Systems T echnical Support.
Appendix D - Downloading Software From Compatible Systems 35 Appendix D - Downloading Software From Compatible Systems W e make the latest ver sions of operati ng software f or all Compatib le Systems produ cts available at our W eb site. The latest version of CompatiV iew management software is als o available.
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Appendix E - Terms and Conditions 37 Appendix E - Terms and Condition s Compatibl e Systems Corporation (Comp atible Systems) offers to sell only on the c ondition that Cus tomer ’ s acceptance is expressly limited to Compat- ible Systems’ terms and conditions of sale.
38 Appendix E - Terms and Conditions T o obtain service under th is W arranty , the Customer (or subs equent pur- chaser , if applicable) must follow the procedures outlined below , under “Product Return Po licy .” THE W ARRANTIES SET FOR TH IN THESE TERMS AND CONDI- TIONS ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESSE D OR IMPLIED.
Appendix E - Terms and Conditions 39 ber of each item b eing returned; (c) original Compatible Systems Sales Agreement numb er; and (d) any special instructions . Upon receipt of this information, Com patible Systems will issue a n RMA (“Return Material Authorization”) n umber and any requi red U.
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