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7: TERMINAL SERVER
APPLICATION NOTES
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH - INSTRUCTION MANUAL
D C
ESIGN ONSIDERATIONS
Configuring Bridge Settings ..................................................................................6 - 8
Configuring Port Settings .......................................................................................6 - 9
VLAN ...................................................................................................................................................... 6-10
VLAN .................................................................................................................. 6-10
A
DDING S
VLAN IDs ........................................................................................................................6 - 10
C P
ONFIGURING ORTS FOR
Port VLAN IDs ..............................................................................................................6 - 10
Tagging ..........................................................................................................................6 - 10
Filtering ...........................................................................................................................6 - 11
Frame Classification and Forwarding ..............................................................6 - 11
VLAN S
S AND ERIAL
SECURITY ............................................................................................................................................. 6-13
E P S
THERNET ORT ECURITY
Address Locking .........................................................................................................6 - 13
Link Locking ..................................................................................................................6 - 13
S P S
ERIAL ORT ECURITY
Serial Data Over SSL ................................................................................................6 - 13
Multinet4 SSL Version Support ............................................................................6 - 14
Secure Web Server using HTTP over SSL (https://) .....................................6 - 14
K C
EYS AND ERTIFICATES
RSA Public Key Cryptography ..............................................................................6 - 15
Digital Signatures ......................................................................................................6 - 15
X.509 Certificates .......................................................................................................6 - 15
Certificate Authority .................................................................................................6 - 15
Multinet4 Certificate Files ......................................................................................6 - 15
Multinet4 Key Files ....................................................................................................6 - 16
Key Exchange ..............................................................................................................6 - 18
Peer Authentication ..................................................................................................6 - 18
Certificate and Key File Generation ..................................................................6 - 18
Certificate and Key File Installation ..................................................................6 - 21
RADIUS S
UPPORT
M 4 C
ULTINET IPHER
SSH ......................................................................................................................................................... 6-23
MODBUS .............................................................................................................................................. 6-24
N T
ETWORK OPOLOGIES
S P V
ERIAL ROTOCOL
N P
ETWORK ROTOCOL
E H
XCEPTION ANDLING
TCP C H
ONNECTION
USER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 6-27
U G ..................................................................................................................... 6-27
SER ROUPS
WHAT IS A TERMINAL SERVER? ................................................................................................. 7-1
S P S
ERIAL ROTOCOL
N S
ETWORKING TANDARDS
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SERIAL AND NETWORK COMMUNICATION .......... 7-3
TERMINAL SERVER OPERATION ................................................................................................. 7-4
P M C
ASSIVE ODE HANNELS
A M C
CTIVE ODE HANNELS
M M ....................................................................................................................... 7-5
IXED ODE
S T ...................................................................................................................... 7-5
ESSION YPE
APPLICATION #1: DEVICE CONSOLE ACCESS ...................................................................... 7-6
APPLICATION #2: SERIAL-OVER-TCP/IP TUNNEL .............................................................. 7-8
APPLICATION #3: MULTIPOINT SCADA ................................................................................... 7-10
................................................................................................. 6-8
VLAN M ............................................................ 6-10
EMBERSHIP
P ............................................................................................... 6-12
ORTS
................................................................................................ 6-13
...................................................................................................... 6-13
.................................................................................................... 6-14
.............................................................................................................. 6-21
S ........................................................................................... 6-21
UPPORT
...................................................................................................... 6-24
............................................................................................ 6-24
ARIANTS
......................................................................................................... 6-25
....................................................................................................... 6-25
.......................................................................................... 6-26
ANDLING
........................................................................................ 7-1
TANDARDS
................................................................................................ 7-2
................................................................................................ 7-4
.................................................................................................. 7-4
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