Avaya 1600 manual Router configuration, Configuring an IP address

7. Router configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the PARTNER ACS 1600 DSL module as a router. For more information on the menus, submenus and commands in this chapter, see the “Menu interface” chapter.

A router is a network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. Occasionally called a gateway (although this definition of gateway is becoming increasingly outdated).

You must complete the following steps to configure the PARTNER ACS 1600 DSL module as a router:

Configure IP addresses on the LAN and WAN ports

Enable the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) poisoned reverse (recommended), add a static route or add a default route

Disable bridging globally

Disable bridging by port

Disable the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) globally

Disable STP by port

You can configure the PARTNER ACS 1600 DSL module as both a router and a bridge – it depends on your application. A router can improve overall efficiency for a complex network, but a bridge provides better speed and flexibility for the overall network.

Configuring an

IP address

To configure the PARTNER ACS 1600 DSL module as a router, you must assign an IP address to both the LAN and WAN ports – each with different subnet masks.

You can assign up to 8 IP addresses on each of the WAN and LAN ports.

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