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ALC1024 User's Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the ALC1024 ADSL Line Card.

About this User's Manual

This user's guide gives hardware specifications and explains web configurator and command line configuration,

management and troubleshooting for the ADSL line card.

Firmware Naming Conventions

A firmware version includes the network operating system platform version, model code and release number as

shown in the following example.

Firmware Version: V2.05 (DV.0)

"V2.05" is the network operating system platform version.

"DV" is the model code.

"0" is this firmware's release number. This varies as new firmware is released. Your firmware's release

number may not match what is displayed in this User's Guide.

Model codes specific to the ALC1024:

"DV" denotes the ALC1024-61.

"DW" denotes the ALC1024-63.

General Syntax Conventions

Mouse action sequences are denoted using a comma. For example, click Start, Settings, Control Panel,

Network means first you click Start, click or move the mouse pointer over Settings, then click or move

the mouse pointer over Control Panel and finally click (or double-click) Network.

"Enter" means for you to type one or more characters. "Select" or "Choose" means for you to use one of

the predefined choices.

Predefined choices are in Bold Arial font.

Button and field labels, links and screen names in are in Bold Times New Roman font.

A single keystroke is in Arial font and enclosed in square brackets. [ENTER] means the Enter, or carriage

return key; [ESC] means the Escape key and [SPACE BAR] means the Space Bar.

"e.g.," is shorthand for "for instance", and "i.e.," means "that is" or "in other words".

Naming Conventions

The ALC1024 (ADSL Line Card) may be referred to as the ALC, the line card or the card.

"ALC1024" refers to the ALC1024-61 and ALC1024-61L for ADSL over POTS (Annex A). "ALC1024"

also refers to the ALC1024-63 and ALC1024-63L for ADSL over ISDN (Annex B) versions.

Differentiation is made where needed.

The ASC1024 (ADSL Splitter Card) may be referred to as the splitter card.

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