Netopia Router PN Series User Manual

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Reference Guide

Note: The Netopia Router allows Frame Relay DLCIs to be
named, so that you can easily reference and differentiate them.
This is accomplished by giving a DLCI Name to a DLCI Number.

Frame Relay DLCI Configuration

+-DLCI Name----------DLCI Number-+

+--------------------------------+

| Panost Inc. 16 |

| THARPER Inc.

32 |

| |

+--------------------------------+

Up/Down Arrow Keys to select, ESC to cancel, Return/Enter to Delete.

2.

Select DLCI Enabled and toggle it to Yes to activate the profile. If
you disable this profile, the Netopia Router will automatically
disable and block access to a specific remote DLCI.

3.

Select DLCI Number (16-991) and enter a number for this
individual DLCI. Check with your Frame Relay provider to find out
what numbers are allocated for each of your DLCI profiles. The
DLCI number range should fall within the range of 16-991. For
more information, refer to the Leased line worksheet that you
filled out in Chapter 2 of the

Getting Started Guide.

4.

Select Remote IP Address and enter the remote IP address your
ISP or network administrator gave you that represents the remote
sites IP address for their router. Press Return.

If you select Standard or Buffered as the Tx Injection Management
type in the Frame Relay Configuration screen go to the next bulleted
item below. If you selected None in the Frame Relay Configuration
screen go to step 6.

Below the Remote IP Address field, the following Data Flow
Parameters appear:

The CIR (Committed Information Rate) represents the aver-
age capacity available to a given PVC (Permanent Virtual Cir-
cuit) or DLCI (Data Link Connection Identifier). The setting
defaults to 64000, but you may modify the capacity rate by
toggling the selection in the Use Default field to No. You can
then enter a different capacity rate in the Value field.

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