5-4CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING BRIDGING

Modifying or To modify information pertaining to an existing Bridge network, or to Deleting a Bridge delete that information from your configuration, follow these steps:

Network

1Proceed to the Bridge screen, following steps 1 and 2 above.

2Select the bridge network you wish to modify or delete.

3Click Modify/Delete. This accesses a screen containing the following fields:

4You may uncheck the Enable Bridge or Enable Spanning Tree boxes if you have previously checked them from this screen, or delete the information about the selected Bridge network by clicking Delete.

5To alter previously set fields, follow step 1 and select a Bridge network in the list and click Modify. To delete a network from your configuration, select a network and click Delete.

6Click Modify after you have entered the field.

Configuring

To set up a protocol over the WAN, a remote site profile must be created

Bridging for the

and edited for each remote location you want to connect to. With this

Remote Site

profile, you specify virtual circuit (VPI, VCI) information, protocols, and

Connections

addresses that determine the method of connection and communication

 

to that remote site.

 

The steps you take to assign a network over the WAN are quite different

 

from those to assign a network over the LAN. First you add a remote site

 

profile, and then you modify the profile to enable bridging.

 

When the remote site connection is established, the bridge network will

 

come up over the WAN interface. The network and its status appears in

 

the Monitor > Network > Network Status table.

 

If you need to connect to multiple remote sites, such as two remote

 

offices, set up a remote site profile for each remote location.

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3Com 3C840 manual Connections, To that remote site, Profile, and then you modify the profile to enable bridging