Document Outline

• M ELSA MicroLink TM Cable
• Preface
• Content
• Introducing the ELSA MicroLink Cable
  • The ELSA MicroLink Cable takes the stage
    • What does the unit look like?
    • Node or hub?
  • The highlights of the ELSA MicroLink Cable
    • Fast Internet
    • Internet at all times—always online
    • More than just Internet
  • CE conformity and FCC radiation standard
• Installation and configuration
  • First Steps
  • Quick Start: Quick configurations
    • Preparations
    • Configuration as a bridge
    • Configuration as a router
  • Set up the workstation computers (Windows 95 or 98)
• Configuration modes
  • The user-friendly method: inband
    • Requirements for inband configuration
    • Alternatively: addresses can be managed by the DHCP server
    • Starting inband configuration using ELSA LANconfig
    • Start up inband configuration using telnet
  • Configuration commands
  • What's happening on the line?
    • Trace Outputs
  • New firmware with FirmSafe
    • This is how FirmSafe works
    • How to load new software
    • Configuration using SNMP
    • General
    • Accessing tables and parameters using SNMP
    • The Management Information Base (MIB)
• Operating modes and functions
  • Security for your configuration
    • Password protection
    • Login barring
    • Access control via TCP/IP
  • Security for your LAN
    • Encryption
    • TCP/IP packet filters
    • The hiding place—IP masquerading (NAT, PAT)
  • IP routing
    • The IP routing table
    • Dynamic routing with IP/RIP
    • Local routing
    • IP masquerading (NAT, PAT)
    • DNS forwarding
    • Bridging
  • Automatic address administration with DHCP
    • The DHCP client
    • The DHCP server
    • DHCP – 'on', 'off' or 'auto'?
    • How are the addresses assigned?
• Technical basics
  • Cable modem technology
    • Standards
    • Access
    • Registration in the cable network
  • Network technology
    • The network and its components
    • Connection modes
    • Kinds of networks
  • IP addressing
    • IP routing and hierarchical IP addressing
    • Expansion through local networks
• Appendix
  • Technical data
  • Warranty conditions
  • Declaration of conformity
• Index
• Description of the menu options
  • Status
    • Status/Operating-time
    • Status/Current-time
    • Status/Cable-statistics
    • Status/LAN-statistics
    • Status/Bridge-statistics
    • Status/TCP-IP-statistics
    • Status/IP-router-statistics
    • Status/Config-statistics
    • Status/Queue-statistics
    • Status/MCNS-statistics
    • Status/Init-status
    • Status/DHCP-client-statistics
  • Setup
    • Setup/Cable-module
    • Setup/LAN-module
    • Setup/Bridge-module
    • Setup/TCP-IP-module
    • Setup/IP-router-module
    • Setup/SNMP-module
    • Setup/DHCP-server-module
    • Setup/Config-module
  • Firmware
  • Other