Compatible Systems MicroRouter 2200R, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...MicroRouter 2200R Installation Guide Compatible Systems Corporation 4730 Walnut Street Suite 102 Boulder Colorado 80301 303 444 9532 800 356 0283 http www compatible com ...

Page 2: ...r respective holders Part number A00 1194 FCC Notice This product has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules It is designed to provide reasonable protection against radio or television communi cation interference in a commercial environment Opera tion of this equipment in a residential area could cause interference with...

Page 3: ...nts 6 10Base T Twisted Pair Ethernet 7 Telco Line Connection Requirements 7 V 35 Interface 7 RS 232 Interface 8 Chapter 3 Network Installation 9 PLACING THE ROUTER 9 CONNECTING THE ROUTER TO THE ETHERNET 10 Connecting to Twisted Pair Ethernet 10 CONNECTING A LINE DEVICE TO THE MICROROUTER 2200R 10 Connecting Devices to the V 35 Interface 10 Connecting Devices to the RS 232C Interface 11 CONNECTING...

Page 4: ...ppleTalk Protocol 21 Required for AppleTalk 21 Suggested for AppleTalk 21 DECnet Protocol 21 Required for DECnet 21 Suggested for DECnet 22 WAN INTERFACE CONFIGURATION 22 Physical Communications Settings 22 PPP Configuration 23 Link Configuration 23 Required for Dedicated Leased Line Operation 23 Suggested for Dedicated Leased Line Operation 23 Required for Dial On Demand Operation 23 Suggested fo...

Page 5: ...d for IP Unnumbered Interface 28 Suggested for IP 28 IPX Protocol 29 Required for IPX 29 Suggested for IPX 29 AppleTalk Protocol 29 Required for AppleTalk 29 Suggested for AppleTalk 29 DECnet Protocol 30 Required for DECnet 30 SMDS Configuration 30 Link Configuration 30 SMDS Addressing 31 SAVING A CONFIGURATION FILE TO FLASH ROM 31 Appendix A Shipping Defaults 33 Default Password 33 Ethernet Inter...

Page 6: ...s 35 Pin Outs for V 35 Female Connector DTE 35 Pin Outs for DB 25 Male to DB 25 Female RS 232 Data Console Cable 36 Appendix C LED Patterns and Test Switch Settings 37 MicroRouter 2200R LED Patterns 37 Power On No Traffic 37 Ethernet Traffic Indicators Ethernet LED Bar 37 Other Indicators on All LED Bars 37 Panic Indicators 37 MicroRouter 2200R Switch Settings 38 Appendix D Downloading Software Fr...

Page 7: ...ol IP packet filtering can be quite complicated If you are attempting to design and implement a comprehensive set of filters or an Internet Firewall there are a number of references you should consult Two good starting points are Building Internet Firewalls by Brent Chapman O Reilly and Associates 1995 and Firewalls and Internet Security Repelling the Wily Hacker by William R Cheswick and Steven M...

Page 8: ...evices including modems 56K CSU DSUs ISDN Terminal Adapters and fractional or full T1 CSU DSUs 2 Select the management method you wish to use with the router If you want to use the CompatiView management software you must install the software on a Windows PC which is connected to your network 3 Configure the MicroRouter LAN and WAN parameters using the management method you have chosen 4 Connect t...

Page 9: ...to install CompatiView Compat ible Systems GUI Graphical User Interface management software which is included with your router Chapter 5 Command Line Preparation This part of the manual provides basic instructions on setting up command line management and text based configuration Chapter 6 Basic Configuration Guide This section provides a list of parameters that must be entered into a router for p...

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Page 11: ...e Systems Inte grated Support Package which includes a lifetime comprehensive warranty a twenty four hour advanced replacement program unlimited phone support and software upgrades for the life of the product Compatible Systems maintains copies of current software updates on the Internet For more information on downloading software see the appendices for this manual Getting Help With the MicroRout...

Page 12: ...ML versions of product documentation which can be viewed with your favorite web browser CompatiView Management Software Reference Guide Text Based Configuration and Command Line Management Refer ence Guide Warranty registration card Needed For Installation Before connecting the MicroRouter 2200R to your network you need to make sure that you have the necessary equipment for connecting to the local...

Page 13: ... the line This can save you a considerable amount of time since the more equipment you have on the line the more difficult it becomes to determine where a problem is occurring The MicroRouter 2200R provides one high speed V 35 synchronous interface and one RS 232 sync async interface each of which can be independently configured for PPP Frame Relay or SMDS operation The V 35 interface is capable o...

Page 14: ... 56K CSU DSUs and ISDN Terminal Adapters It can also be used to connect the router s auxiliary interface to a PC running terminal emulation software or to a dumb terminal vNote Please use only the supplied DB 25 cable when connecting your line communication device to the MicroRouter 2200R s RS 232 interface The cables provided with other equipment may not have all of the same internal connections ...

Page 15: ... if used 4 Power up the line communications device if used vNote You should either wait to connect a synchronous line device such as a CSU DSU until after the interface has been configured as a synchronous port or power up the router before powering up the CSU DSU See Chapter 6 Basic Configuration Guide for more infor mation on configuring the router 5 Plug in the power cable and power up the rout...

Page 16: ...on over a V 35 connector It also supports lower speed synchronous asyn chronous operation over an RS 232 connector The MicroRouter 2200R independently supports PPP Frame Relay and SMDS link protocols on WAN 0 and PPP and Frame Relay on WAN 1 Connecting Devices to the V 35 Interface This interface WAN 0 can be used to connect to a wide variety of line communications devices including those which su...

Page 17: ...n simply connect the supplied RS 232 cable between the router and the device vNote The MicroRouter 2200R RS 232 interfaces require that your asynchronous line communications device be set to supply the RS 232 DCD signal when a connection has been made A synchronous RS 232 device should be set to provide DSR vNote The MicroRouter 2200R includes a special cable to facilitate connections to RS 232 li...

Page 18: ...o a CSU DSU In such a case you must power up the router before powering up the CSU DSU At power up the router will take approximately one minute to become visible to CompatiView vNote If you want to use Telnet as a management method you must first configure an IP address into the router using an out of band console or reconfigure the IP address on an IP host or workstation on the same Ethernet seg...

Page 19: ...e PC running Windows 95 98 or Windows NT The PC can either be configured as an IPX client on a Novell NetWare internet or as an IP WinSock client on an IP internet System Requirements In order to successfully run CompatiView for Windows you need IBM PC or compatible w 486 or later processor Microsoft Windows 95 98 or Windows NT installed VGA or better monitor IP A WinSock compatible transport stac...

Page 20: ...age devices across the Internet The IP protocol does not provide a method for CompatiView to auto matically discover the router To initially contact the router over IP using CompatiView you must first enter a valid IP address into the router You can do this either on a console directly connected to the router or by setting a workstation s IP address to 198 41 12 2 with a Class C subnet mask 255 25...

Page 21: ...o a baud rate of 9600 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit and no Flow Con trol 2 Connect it to the router s Console interface using the cable which was supplied with the MicroRouter 2200R 3 Press the Return key one or two times 4 Enter the default password letmein at the password prompt The command line interface prompt will appear on the screen If you plan to use out of band access for ongoing management...

Page 22: ...k including across the Internet if your security setup allows it To manage the router with Telnet you must 1 Run Telnet client software on your local computer which will com municate with the Telnet server built into the MicroRouter 2200R 2 You must also set some basic IP parameters in the router The required parameters for Telnet access to an interface are the IP address IP subnet mask and IP bro...

Page 23: ...set using the TCP IP Routing Ethernet 0 Dialog Box Use the Save to Device option under the File menu to save the changes After you have set these IP parameters and saved the changes you can use Telnet to access the router from any node on your IP network Invoke the Telnet client on your local host with the IP address of the router you wish to manage ...

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Page 25: ...ettings which are optional in the sense that they are not required for all installations These settings are not covered in this chapter In this chapter CV CompatiView TB Text Based Configuration In order to successfully connect to an Internet Service Provider ISP you must use router configuration parameters which will be provided by the technical staff of the ISP These parameters must include all ...

Page 26: ...ent but not enough information for routing to take place IP Address IP Subnet Mask IP Broadcast Address CV Use the TCP IP Routing Ethernet Dialog Box to set these param eters TB Use the configure command and the IPAddress SubnetMask and IPBroadcast keywords in the IP Ethernet 0 section Suggested for IP These parameters help supply information about the segment to which the interface is connected W...

Page 27: ...k Protocol Required for AppleTalk There are generally no required changes from the shipping Ethernet configuration for AppleTalk The Ethernet interface will autoconfigure to use AppleTalk Phase 2 and will autoadapt to conditions on the Ethernet Suggested for AppleTalk You may want to set your own network numbers rather than using the autoconfigured values You may also want to use more meaningful z...

Page 28: ...e are a few differences between the capabilities of the V 35 WAN interface and the RS 232 WAN interface The V 35 interface can only be run synchronously at rates up to 2 Mbps per second The RS 232 interface can be run synchronously or asynchronously at rates up to 256Kbps sync or 230 4Kbps async Physical Communications Settings You may need to set the baud rate sync async operation and other physi...

Page 29: ...on Required for Dial On Demand Operation Incoming dial on demand operation requires only slightly more infor mation than dedicated line setup Outgoing dial on demand requires additional information see the suggested settings below Set dial up connection Set PPP connection Set to allow dial in and or dial out CV Use the Link Configuration WAN Dialog Box TB Use configure and set the Mode ConnectMode...

Page 30: ... information routing can take place Set IP RIP 1 or IP RIP 2 IP Static Routes CV Use the TCP IP Routing WAN Dialog Box to set RIP or OSPF and the IP Static Routing Dialog Box under Global IP Static Routes to set static routes TB Use configure and set the RIPVersion keyword in the IP WAN 0 and or WAN 1 section Add static routes and a default router using the edit config IP Static command vNote If y...

Page 31: ...tocol Required for AppleTalk WAN interfaces which are set for PPP operation do not generally use an AppleTalk address They are set to act as an unnumbered interface In this mode of operation there are no required settings Suggested for AppleTalk If you plan to use dial on demand for this link you should set the update method to triggered to avoid the link being brought up by transmission of AppleT...

Page 32: ... routing information on demand operation using DECnet is not recommended Set DECnet on globally and for this port Set DECnet area Set DECnet node Set hello timer Set routing timer CV Use the DECnet Routing Dialog Box under Global DECnet Routing and the DECnet WAN Dialog Box TB Use configure and set the HelloTimer and Mode keywords in the DECnet WAN 0 and or WAN 1 section Use configure and set the ...

Page 33: ...ion generally does not require additional parame ters for operation Frame Relay DLCI Mappings If you are connecting to another Compatible Systems router this infor mation is not required for Frame Relay operation Compatible Systems uses IARP Inverse Address Resolution Protocol to dynamically generate this information To connect to other vendors routers which do not support IARP you must provide DL...

Page 34: ...e IP WAN 0 and or WAN 1 section Required for IP Unnumbered Interface IP unnumbered interface Point to Point Frame Relay Local DLCI CV Use the TCP IP Routing WAN Dialog Box TB Use the configure command and the Numbered PointToPoint Frame and InterfaceDLCI keywords in the IP WAN 0 and or any other port you wish to configure section Suggested for IP These parameters help supply information about the ...

Page 35: ...red for IPX operation over Frame Relay AppleTalk Protocol Required for AppleTalk Frame Relay operation requires that the WAN interface is set to be a numbered interface This means that the interface and thus the Frame Relay network must have an AppleTalk network number and the interface must have an AppleTalk node number AppleTalk numbered interface AppleTalk Network Number AppleTalk Node Number A...

Page 36: ...net on globally In CompatiView you must set a global parameter and a port specific parameter SMDS Configuration This section covers the settings required for SMDS Switched Multi megabit Data Service operation of the MicroRouter 2200R WAN 0 interface IP only SMDS is a connectionless packet switched service that offers LAN to LAN connectivity across a wide area at up to 1 544 Mbps vNote The IP proto...

Page 37: ... click on the SMDS button to set addresses TB Use configure and set the StationAddress IPMulticast and PollingFrequency keywords in the SMDS WAN 0 and or WAN 1 section Saving a Configuration File to Flash ROM Once a configuration is complete you can save it to the router s Flash ROM Until saved all changes are made in a separate buffer and the actual router interfaces run as before the changes wer...

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Page 39: ...dging Defaults On Address 198 41 12 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Broadcast Address 198 41 12 255 IP RIP off IPX Routing Defaults 802 3 on autoseeding 802 2 on autoseeding Type II off 802 2 SNAP off IPX Bridging Defaults Off AppleTalk Routing Defaults Phase I off Phase II on autoseeding AppleTalk Bridging Defaults Off DECnet Defaults Off ...

Page 40: ... off Van Jacobson compression off IPX Defaults On Unnumbered interface AppleTalk Defaults On Unnumbered interface DECnet Defaults Off V 35 WAN 0 Link Physical Defaults PPP Dedicated Sync external clock RS 232 WAN 1 Link Physical Defaults PPP Dial in Async 115 2Kbps Hardware flow control ...

Page 41: ... Connector DTE V 35 DTE Signal A Chassis Ground B Signal Ground C Request to Send D Clear to Send E Data Set Ready F Receive Line Signal Detect H Data Terminal Ready J Local Loopback P Tx Data R Rx Data S Tx Data T Rx Data U Tx Clock Out V Rx Clock In W Tx Clock Out X Rx Clock In Y Tx Clock In AA Tx Clock In ...

Page 42: ...lied with the MicroRouter 2200R is twenty five conduc tors straight through Connections on both the auxiliary interface and the data interface follow the standard RS 232 pin outs Note that the data interface may be set for synchronous operation and in this mode the data interface will use the clock lines provided by RS 232 ...

Page 43: ...t Other Indicators on All LED Bars Transmit and receive packets per WAN interface as marked on front label 5 6 flashing Router stacks starting up 3 4 7 8 flashing No OS loaded Running from ROM 5 6 on solid 2 bars 1 3 and 9 bars 2 4 flashing Erasing OS in Flash ROM 4 5 6 7 on solid 2 bars 1 3 and 9 bars 2 4 flashing Erasing config in Flash ROM Scanning from 2 to 9 bars 1 3 and scanning from 9 to 2 ...

Page 44: ...erase your Flash ROM Please do not use these settings without first contacting Compatible Systems Technical Support 0 Normal Operation 1 Unused 2 Unused 3 Run Boot ROM Downloader 4 Unused 5 Erase Flash ROM OS and Configuration 6 Erase Flash ROM Configuration Only 7 Unused 8 Unused 9 Allow letmein password for 5 minutes after powerup ...

Page 45: ...tp www compatible com and find the link on our home page to Software Downloads 2 Select the product and software version you want and click on the appropriate file to download it vNote Uncompressed downloads suitable for TFTP and Compa tiView Windows downloading are stored as DLD files Self extracting Windows compatible style files and CompatiView for Windows itself are stored as EXE files Self ex...

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