Remote Site Management; Managing A Remote Site - 3Com OfficeConnect Remote 812 Cli User's Manual

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Remote Site
Management

Managing a Remote Site

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Each remote site that you want to connect to is accessed through a single ATM
Virtual Channel connection. To set up connections over the WAN, a VC (remote
site) profile must be created and edited. With this profile, you specify ATM Virtual
Channel information, protocols, and addresses that determine the method of
connection and communication to that remote site.
You create VC profiles using the add vc command (e.g., add vc Internet will
create a profile called "Internet"), and then you modify the profile using set vc
commands to setup the WAN connection and network information. The following
list summarizes the necessary information.
WAN - Network Service (PPP/RFC 1483) information, ATM VC information
IP - IP addresses, address translation tables, static routes, RIP usage.
IPX - IPX network address information, static routes and services, RIP usage.
Bridging - Enable or disable bridging to the remote site.
If you need to connect to multiple remote sites (i.e., the Internet and a remote
office) you should set up a remote site profile for each location.
Remember to save your configuration using the save all command before
rebooting your OfficeConnect Remote 812 so that your changes will be written to
permanent FLASH memory.
You can obtain a list of all currently configured VC profiles using the


command:
list vcs
You can view the contents of a particular profile using the command:


show vc <vc name>
The OfficeConnect Remote 812 always has a default profile. Any value that is not
set in a profile that you create will assume the values that are present in the
default profile. The default profile can not be created or deleted, but it can be
modified using the set vc command.
You can view the default profile using the command:


show vc default
VC profiles can be enabled or disabled. When a profile is enabled using the enable
vc command, the OfficeConnect Remote 812 reads the connection parameters for
the remote site from the profile and continuously attempts to establish a
connection to the remote site. When a profile is disabled using the disable vc
command, the connection will be terminated and no other data will be directed to
the remote site. Configuration changes to a remote site profile do not take effect
until the next time the profile is enabled. Thus, if you want to make changes to the
profile you should disable the profile, make your changes, and then re-enable the
profile.