Example of a bridged connection, Example of a bridged connection -10 – Lucent Technologies 6000 User Manual

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MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide

Configuring Packet Bridging
Configuring bridged connections

Example of a bridged connection

An AppleTalk connection at the link level requires a bridge at either end of the connection.
This is unlike a dial-in connection using AppleTalk Remote Access (ARA) encapsulation, in
which the MAX acts as an ARA server negotiating a session with ARA client software on the
dial-in Macintosh.

Figure 14-3 shows an example of a bridged connection between a branch office at Site B,
which supports Macintosh systems and printers, and a corporate network at Site A. Both Site A
and Site B support CHAP and require passwords for entry.

Figure 14-3. An example of a connection bridging AppleTalk

The most common cause of trouble when initially setting up a bridged connection is specifying
the wrong name for the MAX unit or the remote device. Errors often include not specifying
case changes, or not entering a dash, space, or underscore. Make sure you type the name
exactly as it appears in the remote device.

Note:

In this example, Dial Brdcast is turned off in the Connection profiles and a Bridge Adrs

profile is specified. If you prefer, however, you can turn on Dial Brdcast and omit the Bridge
Adrs profile.

To configure the Site A MAX unit for a bridged connection:

1

Make sure the MAX unit has been signed a station name in System > Sys Config. This
example uses the name SITEAGW for the MAX.

2

Turn on bridging and specify an authentication protocol in Ethernet > Answer > PPP
Options. For example:

Ethernet

Answer

PPP options...

Bridge=Yes

Recv Auth=Either

3

Open a Connection profile (in this example profile #5), and set the following parameters:

Ethernet

Connections

SITEBGW...

Station=SITEBGW

Active=Yes

Encaps=PPP

Bridge=Yes

Dial Brdcast=No

Note:

Dial Brdcast is not needed because of the Bridge Adrs profile configured next.

4

Configure password authentication. For example:

Site A
MAX
(corporate)

Site B
MAX
(branch)

WAN

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