Encapsulation

ENCAPSULATION

Selection of an encapsulation protocol from the modem to the service provider occurs on a per virtual circuit (session) basis. For example, for the 700F you can configure 32 sessions for

PPPover ATM mode and configure another 32 sessions for RFC 1483 mode. However, you can activate only PPP over ATM sessions or RFC 1483 sessions at a time. You cannot concurrently activate PPP sessions and RFC 1483 sessions for all Megabit Modems.

When you activate RFC 1483 system mode, you can select WAN encapsulation as VC-MUX for some sessions and LLC for other sessions.

 

PPP

 

 

Link Control Protocol

Provides a phase of the PPP negotiation by setting up the physical link (RFC

(LCP)

1661).

Network Control

Occurs after LCP, negotiating parameters for each network interface and uses

Protocol (NCP)

Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) which is defined in RFC 1332.

Authentication

Provides authentication of PPP sessions for security through Password and

(PAP/CHAP)

Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocols (RFC 1994).

Network Address

Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) maps LAN side private IP address to

Translation

the public IP address assigned to the 32 virtual channels (RFC 1631). You can

 

map to two private addresses to each of the 32 sessions for a total of 64

 

addresses.

 

 

 

Routing

 

 

Routing Protocol

Supports RFC 1724 Routing Information Protocol (RIP and RIP Version 2).

Encapsulation

Supports Logical Link Control (LLC) or VC-based multiplexing (RFC 1483).

Static Routes

Supports up to 32 static routes

Address Resolution

Supports Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over the LAN port (RFC 826)

 

 

 

Bridging

 

 

Bridging and Address

Implements a transparent learning bridge with a bridging table of 1024 entries.

Learning

 

Encapsulation

Supports Logical Link Control (LLC) or VC-based multiplexing (RFC 1483).

Spanning Tree

Provides Spanning Tree support per IEEE 802.1d.

 

 

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