Hypertec ISDN 10T Router manual

Introduction 1 Hypertec ISDN 10T Router USER'S MANUAL Information in th is docum ent is subj ect to change with out notice. All ri ghts reserved. All brand n ames are regis tered trademark s of their resp ective com panies.[...]

Introduction 2 WARNING This equipment g enerates, uses, and can radiate radio freque ncy energy and, if n ot installed and used in accordance wi th the instruction manual, may cause interf erence to radio communications. It has been tested an d found to com ply with the l imits for a Class A computing devi ce pursuan t to Subpart J of Para . 15 of [...]

Introduction 3 Contents Contents 3 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 About this Manual 1-4 2 INSTALLATION 2-1 General 2-1 Hardware Inst allation 2-1 Software Installation 2-3 Installing EasyW eb 2-4 3. Concepts an d Principles of Operati on 3-1 ISDN Overview 3-1 Data Comm unication Services 3-3 Voice Com municat ion Serv ice 3-15 Basic Rate ISD N Provis io ning f[...]

Introduction 4 INTRODUCTION The Hypertec ISDN 10T Router is a compact router/bridg e designed for small office an d home applications by providing a consolidated data and voice li nk to Internet, Intranet, and the telephone network over a single ISD N line. Figure 0-1 The Hypertec ISDN 10T Router The Hypertec ISDN 10T Router prov ides an ideal m ea[...]

Introduction 5 A schema tic of how th e H ypert ec ISDN Router is us ed is shown in Figure 0-2 A Hypertec ISDN Router Application. Figure 0-2 A H ypertec ISDN Router Application The Hypert ec ISDN Routersupports the following features: ISDN • U or ST interfaces • Switched ISDN serv ice for various switches worldwide : National ISDN, ATT 5ESS, D[...]

Introduction 6 Security • CLID (caller ID) • Call-Back (hang-u p and dial the caller) • PAP/ CHAP ( PPP aut henti cation protocol) • Access List (filtering of packets bases upo n IP ad dress) • NAT (network addres s translation). Hides intern al IP addresses from ou tside world, no need to change exis ting IP address assignm ents, allows [...]

Introduction 7 About this Manual Chapter 2, Installation. This chapter provides details of how to install the H ypertec ISDN Ro uter hardware and software. Guidance is provided about the ISDN line that is required from your telephone company and the personal computer requ irements to use the Network Managemen t System software. Chapter 3, C oncepts[...]

Installation 1 INST ALLA TION General The Hypert ec ISDN 10T Router is s hipped in a box , which contains the following i tems: • The Hypertec ISDN 10T Router • One Powe r Adapter wi th cable • One ISDN cable, 6 foot lon g with an RJ45 connector at each end • One data cable wi th a DB9 connector at each end • One changer DB9 (m ale) to DB[...]

Installation 2 1. Determine the place where the Hy pertec ISDN 10T Router is to reside, it is desig ned to rest on a flat level surface such as a desktop or table. Make sure that an AC po w er source and the ISDN termination are nearby. Connect t he Ethernet LAN to any or all of the f our RJ 45 ports label ed Ethernet u sing cables with RJ45 conn e[...]

Installation 3 Software Installation The Hypertec ISDN 10T Router sof tware diskettes contain tw o so ftware packages , namely, NMS and Easy Web. The Hypert e c ISD N 10T Rout e r Net work Ma na gement Sys t em (NM S) i s u sed t o mana ge the Hypertec IS DN 10T Router from a Window s based PC equ ipped with a TCP/IP protocol s tack. NMS co mmuni c[...]

Installation 4 Unins ta llin g N MS Under Wind ow95/ NT yo u can uni nst a ll NMS b y sele c tin g Add / Remo ve Pro gra ms in the Start/Settings/Co ntrol Panel windo w. Select NMS from the list and click the Add/Remove button. Installing EasyWeb The procedure f or instal ling EasyWeb depen ds upon w hether your sy stem has an ins talled HTTP serve[...]

Installation 5 Example using the Microsoft P ersonal web se rver on Win95. 1. Run the Mi crosoft Pers onal web serv er on Windows 95 2. Double cl ick the icon on the right end of the task bar. A tagged Person al Web Server Pr operties) dialog box pops up. 3. Select the Administration page. 4. Press the Administration but to n to launch the default [...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 6 Physic al Inte rface The ISDN physical interface is a av ailable in two types, U and S/T. The S/T interface relies on a external device called NT1 to connect th e user equipment to the ISDN line. The S/T interface is used in most parts of the world. The U interf ace, widely used in North America, is des igned [...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 7 Directory numbers A directory number is th e address or tele phone number for t he ISDN line ass igned by your ISD N service provider or t elephone com pany. The number of directory nu mbers allocated depends on which Servi ce Provider you are using. If y o u are using an NI-1 line, you will be assi gned one d[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 8 Service type Number of channels DA64 One B-channel DA128 Two B ch annels Data Communication Serv ices Two widel y used i nter -net work ing mecha nis ms are bri d ging a nd ro uting. Br i dgi ng o ffer s a straightforward method of interconnectin g network segments. Br id ges are simple to use. However, if you[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 9 Intern et and Intranet Connection Profil es Hypertec ISD N 10T Router m aintains two conn ection profiles one for Intern et and the oth er for Intranet. The Intern et co nnection b y def inition is for users to reach Internet, the Intranet connection is made betw een two offices. The In ternet profi le contain[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 10 You can s et Hypertec Router IP ad dresses to be ' un-num bered' or ‘num bered’. B y setting it to “ un- numbered”, you can route IP over a link betw een two devices withou t assigning IP addresses to the ISDN interfaces. This allows you to save valuable IP address space. There are situation[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 11 IPX IPX is th e protocol used by Novel N et ware as the network l ayer protocol. Nove l IPX also uses Routing Information Protocol (RIP) for routin g protocol. The IPX address con sists of tw o parts: a 4- byt e network number, an d a 6- byte node num ber. Often, the node n umber is assign ed as the Ethernet [...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 12 RIP Novel IPX also uses Routing Inform ation Protocol (R IP) as a rout ing protocol . Although i t is simil arly name d to the IP equiv alent, it uses a di fferent protocol . IPX RIP broa dcasts packet s to the netw ork every 60 secon ds to inform other IPX routers or servers about its network. Upon receiving[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 13 Hypertec ISDN 10T Ro uter to negotiate for either PA P o r CH AP authentication protoco l wh iche ver the remote end prefers . Multili nk PPP The PPP Multilink Protocol (RFC 1717) is a stan dards based extension of the PPP (Poin t-to- Point Protocol) standard. It allows you to combine channels into a 'Mu[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 14 Dial on Dem and When the ISDN router receiv es packets from the Ethernet and decides to rou te packets to the WAN interface, an ISDN call is automatically made to the remote en d, followed b y the PPP negotiation. The PPP connection to the remote router is triggered automatically by the LAN traffic without us[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 15 diagram, traff ic decreases temporarily before in creasing again. Because bandwidth requ irements can change sudden ly like this, the second B-channel waits for a period of time before closing dow n. In the above diagram, this value has been set to 5 seconds. You can set this ti me to s uit your own requireme[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 16 packets are to be filtered or for warded. If no access list is speci fied, all valid packet s will be forwarded. You can specify in the IP access list the following criteria: source IP address, destin ation IP address, source port n umber, destin ation port num ber, and the protocol w hich when ma tched will [...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 17 DHCP Managing IP addresses in an organization is often a h eadache for the MIS staffs. To ease the IP add ress manage ment, the D ynamic Hos t Con fi gur atio n P ro t oco l (DHC P ) is i nvented by IE T F. D HCP protocol w orks in a client server configurati on. One or more DHCP se rvers may be inst alled in[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 18 You must tell your serv ice provider how you need the line conf igured for data, voice and other optional services. Your service provider needs to tell you: • the ISDN service and switch type • the ISDN directory (or ph one) numbers • associated Service Profile Iden tifiers (SPIDs) (if required). ISDN S[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 19 Provis ioning the ISD N Line To make sure that you get the correct ISDN serv ice for the Hyperte Router, you must tell your service provider how you need the ISDN line provisione d. T his means whether you want data, v oice or a combination of the tw o, what extra services you need an d, possibly what termina[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 20 Solutio n Sets Solution Sets have bee n created to correspond to a particular customer application. T he Solution Sets appropriate to the Hy pertec Router are: Solution Set ISDN Service Work at Hom e 3a Provides v oice on one B ch annel and data on the other B chan nel. Includes ACO and CLI (C aller ID). Work[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 21 Using Specific Sw itch P arameter s Your service provider may require specific details about the para meters for the switc h you are connected to. The param eters will depend on the service y o u are selecting. The following information provides the sw itch settings that are appropriate for the Hy pertec Rout[...]

Concepts and Principles of Operation 22 When conn ecting to AT&T 5ESS C ustom, you are prov ided with one telephone num ber (directory number). If y ou only need to connect one analog device (say a telephone) then one number is all that is required, but if you have two analog devices then you will need to subscribe to MSN. T his will allow you [...]

Configur a 23 from a web brow ser are delivered to a software m odule called EasyWeb, which translates the HTTP requests into SNMP reques ts and forwards them to the Hypertec ISDN 10T Router. The ISDN router returns the SNMP responses to the EasyWeb which in turn translates them back into HTTP responses and forwards th em back to the browser. The c[...]

Configur a 24 The NMS menus are org anized into a hierarchical structure shown in Figure 0- 1, NMS Menu Structure:[...]

Configur a 25 Login Quic k Config Lo cal Inter net Intran et SNMP Statist ics Intern et ISDN ISDN ISD N ISDN SNMP Etherne t Etherne t IP DHCP IP IP PPP PPP NA T IPX Bridge Tr a c e Figure 0-1, NMS Menu Str ucture The “Quick C onfig” menu provides a qu ick and easy way for users to conf igure the ISDN router f or Internet Access. For s traightfo[...]

Configur a 26 Figure 0-2, Example Sub-Menu window Figure 0-2 shows the windo w for the Internet sub -men u under the Q uic k Config main window. T his is indicat ed b y the bold le ttering of the Quick Config m ain menu tab an d the Internet sub-menu tab. Clicking in a fi eld selects the field for entering a value. The selected f ield is indicated [...]

Configur a 27 NMS System Menus In addition to the NMS menus, which are indicated by the tabs along the top of the displa ys, there are five System Menus which are listed along the very top of the window. These menus are File, Diagnostic, Product Inf o., View and Help. The File m enu consists of: Save Con fig Load Conf ig Download Config to Device R[...]

Configur a 28 NMS Toolba r NMS also in cludes a toolbar of four items which are displayed as four icons at the top right of t he display . Figure 0-2, NMS Toolbar From left to righ t, these tools are: • Open a file • Save as • Abou t NMS • Context sensitive help. C licking this tool causes the mouse arrow to appear as a question m ar k. The[...]

Configur a 29 Startin g NMS In Windows 95/NT , NMS is started by clicking Start/Programs/Wi shco m NMS. In Win do ws 3.1, NMS is st arted by clicking the NMS icon in the NMS window. Loggi ng Into NMS The Logi n box pops u p when you start the NMS program . The login dialog box serves tw o purposes: It lets you enter the IP address to select a speci[...]

Configur a 30 Quick Configuration Menu The Quick Config (see Figure 0-4, Quick Co nfig Menu) is the first menu you will see a fter co mpleting the log in dialog box . There is only one sub-m enu, Internet , for Quick Conf iguration menu. If you have successfully l ogged into th e router, you sh ould see most fiel ds in this page containing data; if[...]

Configur a 31 Local IP Address The local IP address is th e IP address assigned to th is router. The IP address is entered in the standard IP address form at of a.b.c.d. The local IP address is required during the PPP negotiation. Please ask your I SP if you do n’t po sse ss one , un less yo u have a con nectio n wit h d ynamic I P a d dress a l [...]

Configur a 32 ISDN Switch Type The ISDN switch type specifies the ty pe of ISDN switch to which your ISDN line is connected. The pull down th e "switch-type" m enu, and select th e one right for y our ISDN line. The IS DN switch ty pe has to be correctly s elected in order for your ISDN router to syn chronize with the telephone company’[...]

Configur a 33 Dial-ou t Authenti cation The dia l-ou t auth enti cati on fiel d specif ies wh ich protoc ol y ou want to run a s the PPP/MLP PP authentication protocol wh en you initiate a n ISDN call to your ISP. Most ISPs support PAP and CHAP protocols. Dial-o ut Password The dial-out passw ord specifies the password to use du ring the dial-out a[...]

Configur a 34 Figure 0-5, Local Ethernet W indow Device Name The device name s pecifies the name of this ISDN router. This field is linked to Local R outer Name in the menu “Quick C onfiguration”. Any text character is acceptable f or up to 32 characters. IP Addre ss The IP address describes the IP address assign ed to this router by y o ur ISP[...]

Configur a 35 Figure 0-6, Local ISDN W indow SPID 1 In Northern America, the local phone company assigns tw o SPIDs for each ISDN line. This field should be ignored f or users outside Northe rn America. Please refer to explan ation under “Quick Config”. SPID 2 In Northern America, the local phone company assigns tw o SPIDs for each ISDN line. T[...]

Configur a 36 Phone 1 Us age The phone 1 us age specifies the which SPID the phone 1 is associated with. This field is ignored by us ers outside Northern America. Phone 2 Us age The phone 2 us age specifies which SPID the phone 1 is ass ociated with. This field is ignored by users outside Northern America. Data Us age The data usage specifies which[...]

Configur a 37 Route Table Figure 0-7, Local IP Window Access List The access list is a filtering table for security app licatio n. You may selectively filter or for w ard certain packet according to its source IP address, protocol, destin ation IP protocol, and destin ation port number. For e xample , if yo u i nte nd to bloc k a web p age b e ing [...]

Configur a 38 Local DHCP Sub-menu The DHCP sub-menu contains the DHCP parameters which describe h ow the Hypertec Router as a DHCP server operates, and what TCP/IP configuration information to release. IP Addre ss Pool (S tart Ad dress, En d Address) The IP address pool as indicat ed by the Start Address and En d Address is used by the DHCP server [...]

Configur a 39 Domai n Name While leasing an IP addr ess to a client, the domain name configuration information is also available from the Hypertec R outer DHCP server. Lease Du ration The lease duration describes the maximum time length the IP address is leas ed to a client. A client usual l y re ne ws t he IP a ddr ess half way b e fore t he lea s[...]

Configur a 40 Figure 0-8, Internet PPP W indow Rem o te Rou te r Nam e The remote router n ame is the name assigned to the remote rout er located at the ISP end. Any visible ASCII characters are acceptable. The rem ote router name is n o t required wh en you want to dial into your ISP’s point of presence. In general, your ISP assigns to y ou a re[...]

Configur a 41 Call-i n Authent icatio n The ca ll- in au then ticat ion fi eld s pecifi es whi ch protoc ol y ou w ant to ru n as t he PPP/M LPPP a uth entic ation protocol when the ISP initiates an ISDN call to you. Under normal circumstances your ISP will not initiate a call to you. Call-i n Passwor d The call-in passw ord specifies the password [...]

Configur a 42 Internet IP Sub- m enu The Internet IP sub-menu (see figure 0- 11) is used to conf igure the IP related pa ramet ers of the Intern et connection. For most Internet application, the un-numbered interf ace based configuration is appropriate. You need on ly to specify a remote IP address, in stead of a pair of IP a ddresses for local en [...]

Configur a 43 IP Mask of Re m ote Ethernet The remote IP mask is used to describe the remote IP sub-netting. The IP mask is entered by clicking the IP address bit m ap. The number of bits assign ed for the IP subnet is sh o wn next to the IP address bit map as a decimal num ber, for your refe rence. Local En d IP Addre ss of ISDN L ine This field s[...]

Configur a 44 Network Addr ess Transla tion Enable This field enables or disables the NAT function. Startin g Port This fi eld specifies the s tarting port num ber NAT would u se to support th e NAT function . 1024 is the defau lt port num ber. FTP Server The internal IP address of the FTP server that provides FTP service to the outside w orld. All[...]

Configur a 45 Preemption All owed This field is s pecified if the Internet connection is allowed to be preem pted by a phone call or n ot, and in what way. The In ternet connect ion can be blocked f rom preemption at all, or be allow ed on the 2nd PPP only , or 1st PPP as w ell. Figure 0-11, Int ranet ISDN W indow CLID Caller ID can be us ed to qua[...]

Configur a 46 The In tran et PPP s ub-me nu is shown in fig 4.14. This menu is used t o conf igur e the PPP param eters for an Intranet connection. Figure 0-12, Int ranet PPP W indow Rem o te Rou te r Nam e The remote router n ame is the name assigned to the remote rout er located at the ISP end. Any visible ASCII characters are acceptable. The rem[...]

Configur a 47 Encapsul at ion Prot ocol The encapsu lation protocol fi eld specifies the protocol you want to run as the l ink protocol. Select PPP if y ou want to ru n sin gl e chan nel PPP. Sel ect M LPP P if y ou in ten d to r un tw o chan nel PPP w hen t raff ic becomes h eavy. Dial-ou t Authenti cation The dia l-ou t auth enti cati on fiel d s[...]

Configur a 48 2->1 Ut il The 2->1 Utilization specifies the Intranet connection tra ffic level; below which the second PPP channel will be released f rom th e PPP bundle. Th e value ranges f rom 0% to 100%. Thi s param eter is ava ilable only if the MP protocol is selected as th e Internet en capsulation protocol. 1->0 Id le The band width[...]

Configur a 49 This parameter is used to enable or disable the IP routing function. If IP routing is disabled, b r id ging must be en abled for IP packets to be forwarded th rough the rou ter. Bridging is rarely used as the protocol for In ternet access. IP Addre ss of Re mote Etherne t The remote IP address is th e IP address of the rem ote router [...]

Configur a 50 Figure 0-14, Int ranet IPX W indow RIP The IPX RIP packets will always be exchanged o ver the W AN when the ISDN connection is up. The RIP box when checked is to allo w Net ware RIP traffic to initiate the ISDN connection. This is not advis ed as it will lead to unnecessarily hig h ISDN connection cha rg es ! SAP The IPX SAP packets w[...]

Configur a 51 Spoofing The check box to enables or dis ables the IPX s poofing fun ction. The spoof ing function m inimizes the dial-u p connection tim e by responding t o the “keep alive” requ est on behalf of the remote IPX clients. The spoofing function tries to minim ize the ISDN dial- up against the IPX “ keep alive” m essages but does[...]

Configur a 52 SNMP Menu The SNMP menu (see Figure 0- 15, SNMP Windo w ) is used to configure the SNMP specific param eters. Some of the param eters are corresponding to the objects defined in the system MIB. The rest are for managing the SNMP access, an d trap delivery . Figure 0-15, SN MP Wi ndow[...]

Configur a 53 Descrip tion The field giv es a brief description of the product, as provided by the manufacturer. Name This field is used by the user to assign a n ame to this ISDN router. Locatio n This field is used by the user to describe the locatio n of this ISDN router. Contac t This field is used by the user to describe the contact pers on fo[...]

Configur a 54 This counter displays the number of frames the Ethernet has received or transmitted. Broadca sts This counter displays the number o f bro a d cast fra mes the Ethernet has received or transmitted. Figur e 0-1 6, Stat istics Ethern et Win dow Errors This counter dis plays the number of error fram es the Ethernet has received or transmi[...]

Configur a 55 Disca rds This coun ter displays the num ber of fram es the Ethernet has dis carded due to lack of buffer resou rce or error detection.. Statistics ISDN Sub-menu The Statistics ISDN menu (see Figure 0-17, Statistics ISDN Window) contains the statistics and status data collected on the ISDN interface. The “ refresh” button is used [...]

Configur a 56 B Channel(s) Up Time This field display the time the ISDN channels, B1 or B2, hav e stayed up since last reset. Both channels up for 1 m inute is count ed as 2 minutes. B Channel(s) In U se This field displa ys the percentage of time the B cha nnel, B1 or B2, has stayed up since last reset. 50 % in use may mean one B chann el is up al[...]

Configur a 57 Troubl e Shootin g Under the Detail Log, the trouble shooter enables the ISDN router to send more detailed IP, PPP, and ISDN activity traps to NMS to enable trouble shooting. It s hould onl y be enabled d uring the trouble shooting stage. Keeping it on all time will increase the Ethernet traffic, and work load to the ISDN router and t[...]

Configur a 58 ISDN Data Call Success This field displays how many times the ISDN router has succeeded in making ISDN data calls sin ce last reset. Note that an incoming ISDN data call does not contribute to this co unter. PPP Attem pts This field displa ys how many ti mes t he ISDN router has tried to negotiate PP P data connections since last rese[...]

Configur a 59 Figure 0-20, C onsole Login Screen The login screen allo ws us ers to enter a password. The defau lt password is “isdn”. Users are u rged to set up a new password, up to 16 alphan umeric characters, using “F 2 Change User Password”. When the passw ord has been successfully entered, press the Enter key to display the console qu[...]

Configur a 60 Figure 0-21, C onsole Quick Config Screen The Console Quick Config screen permits the user to enter conf iguration data. Use the Tab key to move to the next field an d the Shift-Tab key to mov e to the previous field. The Route Table data can be seen by pressing the F2 key and Statistics data by pressing the F3 key. The F4 key is used[...]

Configur a 61 Figure 0-22, Eas yWeb SN MP Manager T r oubleshoot ing This chapter explains h ow to isolate and resolve simple problems en countered w ith the Hypertec ISDN Router. Problems may ste m from incorrect configuration setting or i mproper installation. Follo w the following steps sh ould help you resolv e most of the symptoms. If problem [...]

Troubleshooting 62 Troubles hooting Tips Before y ou call technical support org anization for as sistance, check the followi ng : 1. The power supply i s connected and the pow er LED is on. 2. Turn the power off and on again, observe the alarm (ALM) LED During power-up self-test, the AL M LED flash es. If the ALM LED flashes and re mains on for mor[...]

Troubleshooting 63 4. Monitor the status of the D channel LED When you are connected to a live ISDN line, the D channel LED will be lit or flashing. If the D channel LED remains off, it indicates that no ISDN si gnal present. It is likely that there is a poor conn ection to the local telephone company. Mak e sure that the ISDN cabl e is in good con[...]

Troubleshooting 64 8. If your are unable to comm unicate with the router through NMS. The Net work Ma nageme nt S yste m ( NMS) co mmuni c ates with t he ro uter t hr o ug h Ethe r net u sing the SNMP prot ocol. If y our NMS is unable to get SNMP respon se from the rou ter, check the following : Ping a known active station in the local Ethernet. If[...]

Ind ex 4 contact .......................................................... 4-35 D data compres sion .......................................... 3-12 data service f ield .................................. 4-18, 4-24 data usage ..................................................... 4-14 device name .................................................. 4-[...]

Ind ex 5 phone num ber-1............................................ 4-13 phone num ber-2............................................ 4-14 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) ........................ 3-8 PPP ................................................................. 3-8 preemption allowed ............................. 4-18, 4-24 Provisioning ISDN [...]

Ind ex 4 Product Warranty Hypertec L imited warrants the h ardware componen ts of the product to be i n good work ing order for the life of the product from the date of purch ase of the produ ct from Hypertec or an authorised Hypertec dealer. S hould th e hard ware components of the product f ail to be in g ood working order at any time, Hy pertec [...]