14-8 MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide
Configuring Packet Bridging
Configuring bridged connections
RADIUS bridging attributes
Table14-1 lists th e bridging attributes.
Using RADIUS to configure bridge table entries
To set up bridge entries in RADIUS for the bridge table, follow these steps:
1Create the first line of a pseudo-user profile using the User-Name, Password, and
User-Service attributes.
You create a pseudo-user profile to store information that the MAX can query—in this
case, in order to store bridging information. For a unit-specific bridge profile, specify the
first line of a pseudo-user profile in this format:
Table14-1. Bridging attributes
Attribute Description Possible values
Ascend-Bridge (230) Enables or disables pr otocol-
independent bridging for the
call.
Bridge-No (0)
Bridge-Yes (1)
The default value is
Bridge-No.
Ascend-Bridge-Address (168) Specifies the IP address and
associated MAC address of a
device on a remote LAN to
which the MAX can form a
bridging connection. Also
specifies the name of the
dialout profile the MAX uses
to bring up the connection.
MAC_address
specifies the destination
device’s hardware
address. The default
value is 000000000000.
profile_name
specifies the dialout
profile that brings up
the connection.
IP_address specifies
the destination device’s
IP address. The default
value is 0.0.0.0.
Ascend-Handle-IPX (222) Specifies how the MAX
handles NCP watchdog
requests on behalf of IPX
clients during IPX bridging.
Handle-IPX-None (0)
Handle-IPX-Client (1)
Handle-IPX-Server (2)
The default value is
Handle-IPX-None.
Ascend-Netware-timeout (223) Sets how long in minutes the
MAX responds to NCP
watchdog requests on behalf
of IPX clients on the other
side of an offline IPX
bridging connection.
Integer between 0 and
65535. The default
value is 0 (zero).