What Does Your Ar100 Need; Hardware And Software Requirements; Isdn Service Requirements - Allied Telesis AR100 series User Manual

Introduction

What does your AR100 need?

This section describes the hardware, software and ISDN and Internet service
requirements you need before you can configure and use your AR100 router.

Hardware and software requirements

Before you can install, configure and use your router, you need a PC with the
following hardware and software:
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An i486, Pentium or equivalent processor
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Windows 95, 98 or 2000.
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An Ethernet adapter card.
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A CD-ROM drive.
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TCP/IP installed and configured on your Ethernet adapter card. TCP/IP is
required for your PC to communicate with the router and the Internet. For
more information, see "Installing TCP/IP on your PC" on page 3-1 or in the
Start Here Guide.
If you do not have any of the above items, contact your PC supplier.
You also need:
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A UTP (CAT 5) Ethernet cable to connect your Ethernet adapter card to a
LAN port on your router. Contact your authorised Allied Telesyn distribu-
tor or reseller if you need this.
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A web browser to access the Configuration Wizard, and Adobe Acrobat
Reader to view the on-line manuals. These are included on the AR100
Installer and Documentation CD-ROM.
Note: Any device that can use TCP/IP to communicate can be connected to the
router's LAN ports and use the AR100 to access the Internet. However, only PCs
running Windows 95, 98 and 2000 can use the AR100 CD and run the Configu-
ration and Management Wizard.

ISDN service requirements

To connect to the Internet or a remote office, you need a Basic Rate ISDN dial-
on-demand or Basic Rate ISDN leased line (Germany and Austria only)
account with an ISDN service provider. Some ISDN service providers may
have different charges for services supporting data only and services support-
ing voice and data. We recommend that you compare the charges and features
of ISDN services available. In most places this is fairly straight forward. In
Australia, the United States and Canada there are more options available, and
these are described in the following sections.
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