Black Box 16 port - Manual (Page 76)

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Service option Description
PPP When you want a remote access service connection using PPP, or when you
want to use the unit as a router with PPP. In both cases the user (whether real or
dummy) will be authenticated within PPP (provided you use Security - PAP or
CHAP).
cslogin When you want a remote access service connection using SLIP. Do not use the
option ‘SLIP’ because there would be no authentication of the user; (instead,
you will set SLIP for a particular user - see
Configuring a user account on page
100 ).
Choosing the ‘cslogin’ option, the unit will present the login prompt: the user
will be required to enter a name and password and hence will be authenticated.
SLIP When you want to use the unit as a router with SLIP. There will be no
authentication of each unit by the other unit.
Option Description
Line name Line name can be configured to uniquely identify the line.
Speed, Bits,
Parity and
Stop Change as necessary from the default line configuration of 9600 baud, 8 data
bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
Flow Flow Control field to either ‘soft’ (software) or ‘hard’ (hardware). For SLIP set to
‘hard’ only. For PPP set to either ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ (‘hard’ recommended). If you
select ‘soft’ you must set the parameter ACCM when you configure PPP for the
line (in Configuring PPP on page 82)
Host port field. This is the host TCP port number and is set by default to 23. In most cases you
can use the default value.
Dial Set to ‘in’ if your user is remote and will be dialling in via modem or ISDN TA;
set to ‘in’ or ‘out’ if using the unit as a router, depending on which end of the
link your unit is situated.
Phone Number When dial is set to ‘out’ and the line ‘service’ is set to ‘slip’ or ‘ppp’ enter a
phone number for the unit to dial (you should only have this combination of
settings when you are using two units back-to-back, i.e. as routers.
Idle Timer
router use only Enter a period in seconds for which the idle timer will run. Use this timer to
close a connection because of inactivity. When the idle timer expires the unit
will end the connection. The default value is 300 seconds, meaning the idle
timer will expire 300 seconds after the last activity. The maximum value is
4294967 seconds (equal to 49 days, approximately). A value of 0 (zero) means
the idle timer will not expire, so the connection is open permanently.