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    10/100 Ethernet - DES I/O Card Administrator ’ s Guide Comp atible Systems C orporati on 4730 W alnut Street Suite 1 02 Boulder , Co l or ad o 80301 303- 444- 9532 800- 356- 0283 http://www.compatible.co m[...]

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    10/100 Ethernet-DES I/O Card Administrator ’ s Guide, V ersion 1.0 Copyright© 1999, Compatible Systems C orporation All rights reserved. IntraPort Carrier , Intra Port Enterprise, RISC Router , MicroRouter and CompatiV iew are trademarks of Compatible Systems Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Copyri ght?[...]

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    Table of Contents i Introduction to the 10-100 Ethernet - DES I/0 Card 1 Chapter 1 - Network Installation 2 E THERNET C ONNE CTION R EQUI REME NTS 2 C ONNECTING A M ANAGEMENT C ONSOLE 3 Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Gu id e 4 IP P ROTOCOL 5 IPX P ROTOCOL 5 Required for IPX 5 Suggeste d for IPX 5 C ONFIGURING THE S ERVER FOR IP AND I PX C LIENT T [...]

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    Introduction to the 10-100 Ethernet - DES I/0 Card 1 Introduction to the 10-100 Ethernet - DES I/0 Card The 10-10 0 Ethernet - DES Inpu t/Output Processor card, as part of the I ntraPort Carrier (IPC ) VPN Access Server , can support up to 5,000 simultaneo us client connections. This section of the manual contains information specific to the 10-100[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Inst allation 2 Chapter 1 - Network Installation Figure 1. 10-100 Ethernet - DE S I/O Card Front Panel This section of the manual will help you connect the IntraPort Carrier ’ s 10-100 Ether net - DES I/O card to your Ethernet network an d a managem ent console. In summary , the steps f o r installation are: 1. Afte r moun tin[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Inst allation 3 Connecti ng a Manag ement Console T o conn ect a management console, u se the supplied cable and co nnect to the Console inte rface on the 10-100 Ethernet - DES I/O card. Y ou can use a du mb terminal or a computer equip ped with VT100 terminal emulation. The default settings for the Console interface are VT100 t[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide 4 Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide This chapter briefly discusses the major parameters that must be set in order to use the 10-100 Ethernet - DES I/O card as part of your IntraPort Ca rrier VPN Access Server . Configurat ion inst ructions in this chap ter are given for Ethern et 0 on Slot 0. If your server[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide 5 IP Protoco l Y ou need to set some basic IP param eters for the Ether net interface. • IP address (default = 19 8.41.12.1) • IP subnet mask ( default = 255.25 5.255.0) • IP broad cast address (default = 19 8.41.12.25 5) • RIP 1, R IP 2, OSPF (Open Shor test Pa th First) , or BGP (B order Gat eway Pro [...]

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    Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide 6 Configur ing the Serve r for IP and IPX Client Tun nels T o con figure the I ntraPort Carrier f or IP an d IPX client tunnels, each user must be entered into the VPN user databas e (or into a RADIUS se rver database) and as signed a tunn el configura- tion. Required for Cli e n t Tu nn el Config ura tions The[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide 7 Setting u p RADIUS Au thentication If you are using a RADIUS ser ver for user authen tication, you must set up the IPC to commu- nicate with a RADIUS server and al so set some special parameters in t he RADIUS server itself. Setting the IntraPort for a RADIUS Server Just a few bas ic settings are r equired fo[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Basic Configuration Guide 8 that you enter users in the Users text file. See the u ser manual for yo ur server for mor e infor- mation on exporting, editin g an d importing the Users text file. In addition to the RADIUS server settings, the user name, login password and tunnel secret must match the settings for each us er in the User Pr[...]

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    Chapter 3 - Ship ping Defa ults 9 Chapter 3 - Shipping Defaults Default P assword • letmein Ethernet Interfaces IP Defaults • Addr ess: 198.4 1.12 .1 • Subnet mas k: 255.255 .255.0 • Broadcast address: 198.41 .12.255 • Mode: Routed IPX Defaults • Mode: R outed • 802.3 on , autoseed ing • 802.2 on , autoseed ing • Ty p e I I o f f [...]

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    Chapter 4 - LED Pa tterns 10 Chapter 4 - LED Patterns Some of the LEDs on the front of the I ntraPort Carrier VPN Access Server s erve dual fun c- tions. In addition to indicating certain server-wide operating conditions, they may also display port-specific inform ation. v Note : Any continuo us flashi ng pattern not not ed in this chapter may be c[...]