Configuring Device Information

APPLETALK ROUTING NETWORK

Configure the CyberSWITCH

Select Security from the Main CFGEDIT Menu. The Security Menu will then be displayed as follows:

Security Menu:

1)Security Level

2)System Options and Information

3)Device Level Databases

4)User Level Databases (Enable/Disable)

5)Off-node Server Information

6)Network Login Information

Select function from above or <RET> for previous menu: 1

We need to configure device information for our remote device, SITE2. Remote devices are configured in the on-node authentication database.

After selecting Device Level Database(s) from the Security menu shown above, the following Device Level Database Menu will be displayed.

Device Level Database Menu:

1)On-node Device Database (Enable/Disable)

2)On-node Device Entries

3)Off-node Device Database Location

Select function from above or <RET> for previous menu: 1

Select On-node Device Entries from the above menu, then select to add a device. Enter SITE2 as the device name. The following screen will then be displayed.

Device Table Menu: (Device = "SITE2")

1)ISDN

2)Frame Relay

3)X.25

4)Authentication

5)IP

6)IPX

7)AppleTalk

8)Bridging

9)POTS

10)Compression

Select function from above or <RET> for previous menu: 1

The three areas of information we must configure for device SITE2 are ISDN, Authentication, and AppleTalk. The following sections will help you configure each of these three areas for device SITE2.

CONFIGURING DEVICE SITE2’S ISDN INFORMATION

We will begin by specifying the type of device. This device is an ISDN device, so we will select ISDN from the Device Table Menu.

The ISDN Menu will then be displayed with preconfigured default values as shown below:

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150 specifications

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