Nortel Networks 8600 manual Setup utility, Aging enforcement, Filtering mechanism, Privateonly

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Table 4

 

Default community strings (cont’d.)

 

 

 

 

 

User ID

New community string

 

 

 

 

l3

privateonly

 

 

 

 

rw

privateonly

 

 

 

 

rwa

secretonly

 

 

 

Aging enforcement

When you enable the hsecure flag, you can configure a duration after which you must change your password. You configure the duration by using the aging parameter.

For SNMP and FTP, after a password expires, access is denied. Before you access the system, you must change a community string to a new string consisting of more than eight characters.

Consider the following after you enable the hsecure flag:

You cannot enable the Web server.

You cannot enable the SSH password authentication.

Filtering mechanism

Beginning with Release 4.1, incorrect IP source addresses as network or broadcast addresses are filtered at the virtual router interface. For example, V1 has the network address 192.168.168.0/24.

This change is valid for all IP subnets, not only for /24 as mentioned in the example. Source addresses 192.168.168.0 and 192.168.168.255 are discarded.

You can filter addresses only if you enable the hsecure mode.

Setup utility

To optimize the function of the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, you can obtain a list of hardware modules. Because the latest modules provide advanced features, they work in certain operation modes that previous modules do not support. The setup utility monitors system requirements and obtains the highest system performance.

Use the setup utility to configure your switch by responding to a series of on-screen questions. The setup utility saves the information in the boot and run-time configuration files. The saved information and files ensure

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Commissioning

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8600 specifications

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