Compatible Systems HSSI-10/100 manual Quickstart Configuration, Ethernet Interface Configuration

Chapter 2 - Quickstart Configuration 5

Chapter 2 - Quickstart Configuration

This chapter briefly discusses the major parameters that must be set in order to use the

HSSI-10/100 RIOP as part of your VSR multigigabit switching router.

Detailed information on the meaning of the router’s parameters is provided in the Compa- tiView Management Software Reference Guide and the Text-Based Configuration and Command Line Management Reference Guide. You should use this list as a starting point to look up more specific information in the other documents.

If you need more general information on IP, IPX, AppleTalk or wide area protocols, see the Appendices in the CompatiView Management Software Reference Guide.

There are a number of parameter settings which are optional, in the sense that they are not required for all installations. These settings are not covered in this chapter.

In this chapter:

CV = CompatiView

TB = Text-Based Configuration

In order to successfully connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), you must use router configuration parameters which will be provided by the technical staff of the ISP. These parameters must include all IP addresses, WAN settings and any applicable authorization routines. Please check with your ISP before configuring or changing the configuration of your HSSI-10/100 RIOP.

ϖNote: This guide does not include information on setting up packet filters for using the router as a Firewall. See the CompatiView Management Software Reference Guide or Text-Based Configuration and Command Line Management Reference Guide regarding IP packet filters for more information.

Ethernet Interface Configuration

Ethernet interfaces are considerably easier to set up than WAN interfaces since there are fewer choices that need to be made regarding communications protocols and parameters. We recom- mend that you begin by configuring any Ethernet interface parameters before proceeding to configure WAN interface parameters.

IP Protocol

Required for IP

These parameters set the basic address characteristics of the interface. They provide enough information for another IP node to find the interface (such as a telnet client), but not enough information for routing to take place.

•IP address

•IP subnet mask

•IP broadcast address

CV: Use the TCP/IP Routing: Ethernet Dialog Box to set these parameters.

TB: Use the configure command and the IPAddress, SubnetMask, and IPBroadcast keywords in the IP Ethernet 0 section.