SMC Networks SMC7204BRA manual Configuring IPoA Interfaces

Configuring IPoA Interfaces

The following table describes the fields on this page:

Field	Description
Interface	This is the name the software uses to identify the IPoA
	interface.
RFC 1577	If 1577 is selected, the PPP packets are encapsulated
	according to RFC 1577 for transmission over an ATM link.
	If 1577 is not selected, RFC 1577 is not applied under this
	option.
Lower Interface	IPoA interfaces are defined in the software, and then
	associated with lower-level software and hardware
	structures (at the lowest level, they are associated
	with a physical port – the WAN port). This field should
	reflect an interface name defined in the next lower
	level of software over which the IPoA interface will
	operate. This will be an ATM VC interface, such
	as [aal5-0].
Peer IP Address	The IP address of the remote computer you will be
	connecting to via the WAN interface.
Interface Sec Type	The type of security protections in effect on the interface
	([Public], [Private], or [DMZ]).
	A [Public] interface connects to the Internet (IPoA
	interfaces are typically public). Packets received on
	a public interface are subject to the most restrictive
	set of firewall protections defined in the software.
	A [Private] interface connects to your LAN, such as the
	Ethernet interface. Packets received on a private interface
	are subject to a less restrictive set of protections, because
	they originate within the network.
	The term [DMZ] (de-militarized zone), in Internet
	networking terms, refers to computers that are available
	for both public and in-network accesses (such as a
	company's public Web server). Packetsincoming
	on a DMZ interface – whether from a LAN or external
	source – are subject to a level of protection that is in
	between those for public and private interfaces.
Config IP Address	These fields indicate the IP address and the network mask
	you want to assign to the interface. If DHCP is enabled,
Netmask	this address serves as a request to the remote computer's
	DHCP server, which may assign another address.

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