Prestige 153/153X WAN Bridge/Routers
Table | General Setup Menu Fields |
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System Name |
| Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name can be | P153 |
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| up to 8 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but |
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| dashes |
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| remotely via SNMP and will be displayed at the prompt in the Command |
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Location (optional) | Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your Prestige. | location | |
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Contact Person's |
| Enter the name (up to 8 characters) of the person in charge of this | name |
Name (optional) |
| Prestige. |
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Protocols: |
| Turn on or off the individual protocols for your particular application. | Press |
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Route IP |
| Selecting [Yes] to enable IP routing. You must enable IP routing for | [Yes/No] |
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| Internet access. |
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Route IPX |
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| [Yes/No] |
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| Selecting [Yes] to enable IPX routing. |
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Bridge |
| Selecting [Yes] to enable bridging. Packets that the Prestige does not | [Yes/No] |
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| route are transparently bridged. |
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2.7.1.1 Note on Bridge
When bridging is enabled, your Prestige forwards any packet that it does not route. Without bridging, the packets that the Prestige does not route are simply discarded. Compared to routing, bridging generates far more traffic for the same network layer protocol, and uses more CPU cycles and memory.
Hardware Installation & Initial Setup |
