Cabletron Systems 3Com manual Configuring the Answering Modem, Select Answer for Modem Connect Mode

52CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURING THE ACCESS POINT USING A WEB BROWSER

11Enter the time in seconds for Maximum PPP Terminates.

This setting controls the PPP-terminate requests an AP issues when a PPP-linked AP does not respond to a terminate request. The AP closes the PPP connection after issuing PPP-terminate requests for the maximum time specified. The default is 10 seconds from a 0-255-second range.

12Click Modem Dialout to dial the modem.

13Click the Modem Hangup check box to have the modem hang up after a call.

14Click Clear Entries to reinstate the default settings.

15Click Save Settings to save your entries on this page.

Configuring the Answering Modem

1Complete steps 1-3 for configuring the originating modem above.

2Select Answer for Modem Connect Mode.

3Complete steps 5-11 for configuring the originating modem above.

Filtering In order to control the types of network traffic the AP handles or to eliminate some network traffic, you can configure the AP to forward or discard particular types of packets (TCP/IP, IPX). Or you can allow all traffic through by disabling the filtering option.

1Select Configuration-->Filtering. The Filtering Setup page displays.

2Determine what type of filtering you want to set up and select the appropriate procedure below.

Filtering to Forward Packets

To configure the AP to forward packets of particular types, do the following:

1Click Forward as the Type Filtering.

2Enter the four hex digits associated with the network protocol for which you want the AP to forward packets.

3Click Add Filter.

4Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add additional protocol types.

5Click Clear Entries to reinstate the default settings.

6Click Save Settings to save your entries on this page.

Filtering to Discard Packets

To configure the AP to discard packets of particular types, do the following:

1Click Discard as the Type Filtering.

2Enter the four hex digits associated with the network protocol for which you want the AP to discard packets.

3Click Add Filter.

4Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add additional protocol types.

5Click Clear Entries to reinstate the default settings.

6Click Save Settings to save your entries on this page.