Configuring Serial Line Ip (Slip) Mode - Lucent Technologies MAX 6000 Configuration Manual

Configuring Serial Line IP (SLIP) mode

If you enable SLIP mode in the terminal server, users can initiate a SLIP session and then run
an application, such as FTP, in that session. SLIP mode configuration uses the following
parameters in Ethernet > Mod Config > TServ Options:
Parameter
SLIP
SLIP BOOTP
IP Netmask Msg
IP Gateway Adrs Msg Text the unit displays before the unit IP address field in the SLIP
Slip Info
Example of SLIP configuration
The configuration in this example enables SLIP sessions and ensures the terminal server's
response to BOOTP in SLIP sessions. To implement the configuration:
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Configuring dial-out options
The terminal server has access to the MAX unit digital modems, and can be configured to
enable users on the local network to dial through the digital modems. To enable local dial-out,
you set the following parameters in Ethernet > Mod Config TServ Options:
Ethernet
Mod Config
MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide
Specifies
SLIP sessions.
That the terminal server responds to BOOTP within SLIP sessions. A
user who initiates a SLIP session can then get an IP address from the
designated IP address pool via BOOTP. If the parameter is set to No,
the terminal server does not run BOOTP. Instead, the user is prompted
to accept an IP address at the start of the SLIP session.
Text message the MAX unit displays before the netmask field in the
SLIP session startup message. You can enter up to 64 characters. The
default is Netmask:. (IP Netmask Msg does not apply unless you
set SLIP Info to Advanced.)
session startup message. You can enter up to 64 characters. The default
is Netmask:. (IP Netmask Msg does not apply unless you set SLIP
Info to Advanced.)
That the MAX unit reports the SLIP user's IP address and the
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), or reports the SLIP user's IP
address, the MTU, the Netmask, and the Gateway to SLIP users.
Open a Ethernet > Mod Config > TServ Options subprofile.
Enable the use of the SLIP command:
SLIP=Yes
Enable the use of BOOTP in SLIP sessions.
Exit the profile and, at the exit prompt, select the exit and accept option.
TServ Options
Modem dialout=Yes
Immediate Modem=N/A
Imm. Modem port=N/A
Imm. Modem Pwd=N/A
Configuring Individual WAN Connections
Configuring terminal-server connections
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