Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Checklist

Thank you for purchasing Planet’s ERT-805 Enterprise Serial Router. Before continuing, please check the contents of your package for following parts:

ØERT-805 Serial WAN Router

ØPower Cord

ØDB9 adapter

ØRJ-45 to RJ-45 modem cable

ØUser’s Manual CD

ØQuick installation Guide

if any of these pieces are missing or damage please contact your dialer immediately.

1.2 About ERT-805

ERT-805 provides single WAN port, which is T1/E1 serial interface, single LAN port, and single console (Async) port.

With IPSec/VPN capability, the ERT-805 not only being a standard router but also can be a router with feature-enhanced security. ERT-805 is supports MD5-HMAC/SHA1-HMAC and certificate authentication, DES-CBC and 3DES-CBC encryption.

The other capabilities that ERT-805 provides are NAT, Access-list, AAA security, CBAC firewall and QOS. With these functions ERT-805 is efficiency and secure network device.

User interface

ERT-805 is only able to use command line interface (CLI) to configure.

Protocol and routing

ØERT-805 supports few WAN protocols on its WAN port: PPP, HDLC, SDLC, frame-relay, LAPB and X.25.

ØSupport static and dynamic routing protocol: static route, RIP, EIGRP and OSPF

Network Management

ØConnect PC to ERT-805 through network and run Telnet to manage it through command line interface

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