Asentria SiteBoss 530, User Manual

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In manual activation the DSL interface will not activate unless some purpose requires it: either you tell it to
activate or your ADSL-based VPN, when it is being raised, tells it to activate. If you tell the interface to activate
then do this by setting
net.dsl.command =1
. The unit returns COMPLETE, meaning it has started the activation
process; it does not mean that the inteface is ready to use yet. Activation is a multistep process and may take a
minute or two to complete.
If the VPN tells the interface to activate, then activation happens when the VPN raises.
Read
net.dsl.command
(or
net.dsl.status
) to check the status of the DSL interface.
net.dsl.command =0
when the DSL interface is not activated
net.dsl.command =1
when DSL activation is in process
net.dsl.command =2
when the DSL interface is trained but not yet fully activated
net.dsl.command =3
when the DSL interface is fully activated (ready to use for network traffic)
If the interface doesn't activate, then first check if anything about the configuration on the unit is invalid. Then
check this configuration against what was specified by the ADSL provider.
Automatic Activation
In automatic activation the unit raises the DSL interface upon boot and keeps it up until it is explicitly deactivated
by the user by setting
net.dsl.command =0
.
Once the interface is activated you can use it as an outbound-only interface. It is completely firewalled to the
Internet. The only traffic allowed in is traffic associated with existing connections, meaning all connections must
originate from unit. Pinging (ICMP), TCP, and UDP traffic is the only traffic allowed and this traffic must originate
from the unit.
Data on the ADSL connection can be viewed with the
net.dsl.info.*
key branch:
net.dsl.info.isp.ip
Read this key to see what IP address the DSL interface is using with the ISP.
net.dsl.info.isp.linktime
Read this key to see how long the unit has been connected to the ISP (i.e., how long the unit has had Internet
access) since the connection was started.
net.dsl.info.isp.status
Read this key to see whether the unit is connected to the ISP; it returns "Connected" or "Not Connected". Another
key that gives the same information in a different format is
net.dsl.status
.
net.dsl.info.isp.discreason
Read this key to see why, if available, DSL connectivity was lost.
net.dsl.info.link
Read this key to see whether the unit has DSL connectivity (as opposed to ISP connectivity shown with
net.dsl.info.isp.status
).
net.dsl.info.speed
Read this key to see the speed of the link (provided there is DSL connectivity, as shown with
net.dsl.info.link
).
net.dsl.info.ver.sw
Read this key to see the ADSL modem software version.
net.dsl.info.ver.fw
Read this key to see the ADSL modem firmware version.
net.dsl.info.ver.atm
Read this key to see the ADSL modem ATM driver version.