Configuring Subscriber-End Broadband Access Router Features

Subscriber-End Broadband Access Router Initial Power-Up Sequence

Table 40 Cable Access Router Initialization Sequences and Events (continued)

Sequence

Event

Description

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Establish IP connectivity.

After the next MAP message broadcast, the router uses

 

 

 

 

a shared require timeslot to invoke DHCP to establish

 

 

 

 

IP connectivity with the TCP/IP network at the

 

 

 

 

headend.

 

 

 

 

The DHCP server sends a response containing the

 

 

 

 

router IP address and the IP addresses for the default

 

 

 

 

gateway, ToD server, and TFTP server, and the

 

 

 

 

DOCSIS configuration file to be downloaded.

 

 

 

 

Depending on the particular network configuration,

 

 

 

 

other information could be provided, such as the IP

 

 

 

 

addresses for a syslog server or security server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

The DHCP server is typically a dedicated

 

 

 

 

 

 

server at the headend, but it could also be a

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMTS such as a Cisco uBR7200 series

 

 

 

 

 

 

universal broadband router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The router configures itself for the specified IP address

 

 

 

 

and gets the current date and time from the specified

 

 

 

 

ToD server.

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Establish the time of day.

The cable access router accesses the ToD server for the

 

 

 

 

current date and time, which is used to create time

 

 

 

 

stamps for logged events (such as those displayed in

 

 

 

 

the MAC log file).

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Establish security.

 

Full Security, a planned enhancement to Baseline

 

 

 

 

Privacy, is not fully defined nor currently supported by

 

 

 

 

the DOCSIS specification, and is therefore not

 

 

 

 

supported by the Cisco uBR900 series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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