Black Box LRA005A-R2 manual For All Routers, Outstanding Issues, Release, 262, Generic Issues

ASYNC ROUTER AR-P, ASYNC ROUTER AR-5, SYNC ROUTER RELEASE NOTES

For All Routers

•Provides “canned” filters called Network Link Optimization (NLO). NLO transparently filters unnecessary WAN traffic and reduces telephone costs for IPX networks.

•Provides a remote configuration utility, similar in function to telnet (over IP networks). The RouterVu utility enables you to remotely configure Routers across IPX networks. For remote configuring IP networks, telnet is supported.

•Support for integrated V.34 modems. V.32 bis modems are optionally available.

•IP and IPX routing (separately or simultaneously) using RIP

•PPP, IPCP, IPXCP, PAP, and CHAP protocols

•The Router software contains support for creating and maintaining a database of up to 100 remote clients. The database is managed using the Router’s simple configuration interface.

•The Async Client kit contains software (that runs under DOS 3.3+ and Windows 3.1+) that allows remote TCP/IP and Novell IPX nodes to become “remote nodes” on your LAN.

•Simple configuration for all supported interfaces: Ethernet, modem, and synchronous.

•Superior handling of IP RIP updates

•Extensive support for dialup monitoring

•Automatic learning of network topology and services on IP and IPX networks

•Support for primary and secondary phone numbers (used for each modem interface)

•Support for system statistics, using the performance command

Outstanding Issues, Release 4.2

Outstanding software issues and suggested workarounds are described below. The number in brackets is the bug report number.

Special Outstanding Issues

•No IPXWAN support exists in the Router 4.2 release.

•IPX Fallback only works if TCP/IP is enabled and IP traffic brings up the link the first time. Once a synchronous interface is disconnected, you need IP traffic to bring the modem back up.

Generic Issues

[20134] - The dialup once command does not work correctly. Using it will produce the following error message:

dialup once: modem0 is busy

workaround—Don’t use the dialup once command. Use the update command instead.

[20184] - After using config modify to change a LAN-LAN line to a client line, the old IP address of the remote LAN site gets inserted into the optional IP address assigned to the client line.

262