Easy Setup 7-3

The Serial Line Easy Setup configuration screen

The Serial Line Easy Setup screen appears.

Serial Line Easy Setup

Circuit Type...

Permanent Sync

Data Rate (kbps)...

Auto

Data Link Encapsulation...

Frame Relay

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Enter Information supplied to you by your telephone company.

1.Select Circuit Type and press Return. From the pop-up menu, select your circuit type: Permanent Sync (the default) or Switched Async.

If you selected Permanent Sync (the default) proceed to Step 2.

If you selected Switched Async, the Data Rate defaults to 57.6 for a high speed modem. You can select other speeds, from 19.2 to 230.4 from the pop-up menu. Two additional fields are displayed: Modem Initialization String and Modem Dialing Prefix allow you to set modem parameters.

2.Select Data Rate (kbps) and press Return. From the pop-up menu, select a fixed data rate for your digital line or select Auto. The Auto setting allows your Netopia Router to determine the data rate of your serial line at the time of circuit activation. Press Return.

3.Select Data Link Encapsulation and highlight the method of encapsulation that you want to use from the pop-up menu. The choices offered are PPP, HDLC, and Frame Relay. The default setting is Frame Relay. For an asynchronous modem, the only encapsulation is PPP. Press Return.

4.Select NEXT SCREEN and press Return. The Easy Setup Profile screen appears. See page 7-6.

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Netopia R5000 manual Serial Line Easy Setup configuration screen, Serial Line Easy Setup screen appears