Preconfiguration Planning - Lucent Technologies PortMaster 4 Configuration Manual

Preconfiguration Planning

• ChoiceNet—ChoiceNet is a security technology invented by Lucent to provide a
traffic filtering mechanism for networks using dial-up remote access, synchronous
leased line, or Ethernet connections. When used with RADIUS, ChoiceNet provides
exceptional flexibility in fine-tuning the level of access provided to users.
For installation and configuration instructions, see the ChoiceNet Administrator's
Guide.
Preconfiguration Planning
Before the PortMaster can be used to connect wide area networks (WANs), you must
install the hardware using the instructions in the PortMaster 4 Installation Guide.
This configuration guide is designed to introduce the most common configuration
options available for the PortMaster 4. Review this material before you configure your
PortMaster and, if possible, answer the following questions:
• What general configuration do you want to implement?
• Do you want to use a synchronous connection to a high-speed line?
• Will your high-speed lines use Frame Relay, ISDN, switched 56Kbps, or PPP?
• If you want dial-on-demand routing, do you want multiline load-balancing?
• Do you want Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) (RFC 1717)?
• Do you want packet filtering for Internet connections?
• Do you want packet filtering for connections to other offices?
• Do you want dial-in users to use Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), PPP, or both?
• If you use PPP, do you want Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge
Authentication Protocol (CHAP) authentication?
• Are you using a name service—Domain Name System (DNS) or Network
Information Service (NIS)?
• Have you obtained the necessary network addresses?
• Do you want to enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for network
monitoring?
• Do you want dial-in only, dial-out only, or two-way communication on each port?
• What characteristics do you want to assign to the dial-out locations?
• How do you want to configure dial-in users?
• Do you want to use RADIUS or the internal user table on the PortMaster to
authenticate dial-in users?
• Do you want to use ChoiceNet to filter network traffic?
• Do you want to use the console port for administration functions, or do you want to
attach an external modem to the port?
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