Patton electronic 2621, 2603, 2635 manual About this guide, Audience, Structure

About this guide

This guide describes installing and configuring Patton Electronics IPLink Series High Speed Routers. The instructions in this guide are based on the following assumptions:

•The router may connect to a serial DTE device or T1/E1 line

•There is a LAN connected to the Ethernet port of the router

Audience

This guide is intended for the following users:

•Operators

•Installers

•Maintenance technicians

Structure

This guide contains the following chapters and appendices:

•Chapter 1 on page 17 provides information about router features and capabilities

•Chapter 2 on page 24 contains an overview describing router operation

•Chapter 3 on page 27 provides initial configuration procedures

•Chapter 4 on page 40 describes configuring the Ethernet LAN interface

•Chapter 5 on page 44 describes configuring the serial WAN interfaces

•Chapter 6 on page 50 describes configuring WAN services

•Chapter 7 on page 68 describes configuring security for the router

•Chapter 8 on page 82 describes DHCP and DNS configuration

•Chapter 9 on page 93 describes configuring IP services

•Chapter 10 on page 96 describes system configuration

•Chapter 11 on page 104 describes SNTP client configuration

•Chapter 12 on page 108 provides a summary of the IPLink’s status webpage and status LEDs

•Chapter 13 on page 112contains information on contacting Patton technical support for assistance

•Appendix A on page 115 contains compliance information for the IPLink routers

•Appendix B on page 118 contains specifications for the routers

•Appendix C on page 122 provides cable recommendations

•Appendix D on page 124 describes the router’s ports

•Appendix E on page 129 describes how to use the command line interface (CLI)

For best results, read the contents of this guide before you install the router.

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