Contents ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 10

List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 12

About this guide ........................................................................................................................................... 13

Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 13

Structure............................................................................................................................................................... 13

Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 14

Safety when working with electricity ...............................................................................................................15

General observations .......................................................................................................................................15

Factory default parameters .................................................................................................................................... 16

Typographical conventions used in this document................................................................................................ 16

General conventions .......................................................................................................................................16

1 General Information...................................................................................................................................... 17

OnSite Series High Speed Routers overview ..........................................................................................................18

General attributes ............................................................................................................................................18

Ethernet ..........................................................................................................................................................19

Protocol support .............................................................................................................................................19

PPP Support ...................................................................................................................................................19

WAN Interfaces ..............................................................................................................................................19

Management ...................................................................................................................................................19

Security ...........................................................................................................................................................20

Front Panel Status LEDs and Console Port .....................................................................................................20

Console port .............................................................................................................................................21

Rear panel connectors and switches .................................................................................................................21

Power connector .......................................................................................................................................22

AC universal power supply .................................................................................................................22

48 VDC power supply ........................................................................................................................22

Ethernet port (outlined in green) ...............................................................................................................22

MDI-X ......................................................................................................................................................22

2 Product Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 24

Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................25

Applications Overview...........................................................................................................................................26

3 Initial Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 27

Hardware installation ............................................................................................................................................28

What you will need .........................................................................................................................................28

Interface cable installation ...............................................................................................................................28

Installing an interface cable on the OnSite 2603's T1/E1 interface port ....................................................29

Installing an interface cable on the OnSite 2621's X.21 interface port .......................................................31