Nortel Meridian Meridian 1 Implementation Manual page 40

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Summary of LAN installation information
Use the following steps when installing and configuring the LAN:
1 Determine whether the MICB is to be accessed from the World
2 If yes, coordinate the firewall configuration with your IS group
3 Determine what is the physical connection point of the MICB. Note
4 Get the following MICB IP parameters from your IS group: IP
5 Get the Mail Server IP address from your IS group. Confirm that the
Testing:
Use the following steps to test the LAN configuration:
1 After the MICB is installed and the IP parameters are configured, try
2 In the case of World Wide Web access, try accessing the MICB from
553-3001-358 Standard 1.00
When there are multiple MICBs (that is, more than three) and the
BUI is used frequently, the BUI traffic can load the E-LAN, so it may
be better to connect the cards to the C-LAN.
The MICB has a broadcast-storm protection mechanism: it shuts off
the LAN port (temporarily) when traffic is too heavy. Nortel Networks
recommends that the MICB be put in a "quiet" LAN segment to get
a better response time.
Wide Web.
according to Table 4 on page
these requirements: 10Base-T only, half-duplex.
address, gateway address, and subnet mask.
MICB is allowed to access this server by SMTP.
to "ping" from any host in the C-LAN to the MICB or from the MICB
to a host on the C-LAN.
a browser (HTTP access).
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