ADC 400F User Manual

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Chapter 6: Configuring Sessions

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2

Click

Submit

to accept the WAN Brouter session configuration.

3

To configure other sessions:

a

Click

EasySession

on the

Main Menu,

then click Edit by the

Port 1-32

that you want to

configure. (Or, if you want to modify an existing session, click

Previous

or

Next

to

locate the session you want to modify.)

b

Repeat

Step 1

and

Step 2

to configure the session.



Select

Enable

to use

Bridging

mode which forwards Ethernet data based on MAC

addresses. (See

page 84

for the choice you recorded for

Bridging

mode.)

Assign a port priority when you enable

Bridging

mode and

Spanning Tree

(on

the

EasySession

page). The port priority is a number you assign to each

Bridging

mode session to determine which has higher priority when sessions are active
simultaneously. Spanning Tree protocol does not allow loops which would occur
with simultaneous sessions on the same network. (You can enable Spanning
Tree, if required, see page

page 41

for more details. You recorded on

page 84

whether or not the service provider indicated

Spanning Tree

to be enabled to your

system.)

Ž

Select

Enable

to use

Routing

mode which forwards IP datagrams based on

IP addresses. (See

page 84

for the choice you recorded for

Routing

mode. Also,

see

“Routing” on page 66

for more information.)



For

Routing

mode, select the direction you want RIP activated and the version

of RIP for intergateway transmissions, as indicated by the service provider
(

page 84

). See “Routing” on page 66 for more information on RIP.



Enter the assigned

IP Address

and the

IP Net Mask

(subnet IP mask) for this session.

If you are bridging only, The WAN port is automatically assignd the same IP
address as the configured LAN port IP address.

‘

Select the encapsulation method for this transmission over ATM as directed by
your service provider, in compliance with RFC 1483 (

page 84

). Typically, select

LLC. (See

“Encapsulation for RFC 1483 Bridging/Routing” on page 66

for more

information on LLC and VC-MUX.)

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