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IP Protocol

Required for IP

Required for IP Numbered Interface

Required for IP Unnumbered Interface

Suggested for IP

AVING

ONFIGURATION

ILE

LASH

ROM

Appendix A - Shipping Defaults

Default Password

Ethernet Port

IP Defaults

WAN Port

IP Defaults

Link & Physical Defaults

Appendix B - Connector and Cable Pin Outs

Pin Outs for DIN-8 to RS-232 Data Cable (DCE/Male)

Pin Outs for DIN-8 to RS-232 Console Cable (DTE/Female)

Appendix C - Light Patterns and Test Switch Settings 31

MicroRouter 900i Light Patterns

Traffic Indicators

Other Indicators

Level 1 Panic Indicators

MicroRouter 900i Switch Settings

Appendix D - Downloading Software From Compatible
Systems

Appendix E - Terms and Conditions

Summary of Contents for MicroRouter 900i

Page 1: ...MicroRouter 900i Installation Guide Compatible Systems Corporation 4730 Walnut Street Suite 102 Boulder Colorado 80301 303 444 9532 800 356 0283 http www compatible com ...

Page 2: ...r respective holders Part number A00 1095 FCC Notice This product has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules It is designed to provide reasonable protection against radio or television communication interference in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area could cause interfer ence with ...

Page 3: ...arranty and Service 5 Getting Help With the MicroRouter 900i 5 WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED 6 Supplied with the MicroRouter 900i 6 Needed For Installation 6 Ethernet Connection Requirements 6 Thick Ethernet 7 Thin Ethernet 7 10Base T Twisted Pair Ethernet 7 Telco Line Connection Requirements 7 RS 232 Port 7 Chapter 3 Network Installation 9 Mounting the Router 9 Connecting the Router to the Et...

Page 4: ...ne Management 15 Setting Up Telnet Operation 16 Chapter 6 Basic Configuration Guide 19 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION 19 IP Protocol 20 Required for IP 20 Suggested for IP 20 WAN INTERFACE CONFIGURATION 20 Physical Communications Settings 20 Link Configuration 21 Required for Dedicated Leased Line Operation 21 Suggested for Dedicated Leased Line Operation 21 Required for Dial On Demand Operation...

Page 5: ...Defaults 27 Link Physical Defaults 27 Appendix B Connector and Cable Pin Outs 29 Pin Outs for DIN 8 to RS 232 Data Cable DCE Male 29 Pin Outs for DIN 8 to RS 232 Console Cable DTE Female 29 Appendix C Light Patterns and Test Switch Settings 31 MicroRouter 900i Light Patterns 31 Traffic Indicators 31 Other Indicators 31 Level 1 Panic Indicators 31 MicroRouter 900i Switch Settings 32 Appendix D Down...

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Page 7: ...IGURATION IN YOUR MICROROUTER 900i DOES NOT PROVIDE AUTOMATIC ON DEMAND INTER NETWORKING YOU MUST FIRST PROGRAM YOUR ROUTER TO WORK IN THIS ROLE ON YOUR NETWORK YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR PHONE LINE USAGE TO BE SURE THAT YOUR ROUTER CONFIGURATION IS ALLOWING THE ROUTER TO DROP THE COMMUNICATIONS LINK WHEN IT ISN T NEEDED MicroRouter 900i Installation Overview This manual will help you install th...

Page 8: ...Chapter 2 Getting Started This part of the manual describes the contents of the MicroRouter 900i package and emphasizes the preparation and equipment you will need to install the router Chapter 3 Network Installation This part of the manual includes step by step instructions on how to physically install the MicroRouter 900i and connect it to your local Ethernet and your wide area network Instructi...

Page 9: ...ices This part of the manual includes additional information that might be of interest to you such as technical specifications default settings including the default factory password and instructions for down loading current software ...

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Page 11: ...ch includes a lifetime comprehensive warranty a twenty four hour advanced replacement program unlimited phone support and software upgrades for the life of the product Compatible Systems maintains copies of current software updates on the Internet You may download product software from these sources at any time For more information on downloading current product soft ware see the appendices of thi...

Page 12: ...hich can be viewed with your favorite web browser CompatiView Management Software Reference Guide Text Based Configuration and Command Line Management Refer ence Guide Warranty registration card Needed For Installation Before connecting the MicroRouter 900i to your network you need to make sure that you have the necessary equipment for connecting to the local Ethernet and the wide area transmissio...

Page 13: ... Ethernet cabling supplies v Note These hardware installation instructions assume that your Ethernet cabling is already in place Thin coaxial Ethernet network cabling should be terminated at each end with 50 Ohm terminator plugs A T connector or transceiver must be available in the location where you will be installing the router Telco Line Connection Requirements The MicroRouter 900i is not a lin...

Page 14: ...hronous leased and switched 56K CSU DSU s and North American ISDN Terminal Adapters v Note Please use only this cable when connecting your line commu nication device to the MicroRouter 900i The cables provided with other equipment do not provide all of the connections required between connector pins for correct hardware handshaking and synchronous clocking ...

Page 15: ... to the wide area line communications device 5 Power up the line communications device v Note You should either wait to connect a synchronous line device such as a CSU DSU until after the interface has been configured as a synchronous port or power up the router before powering up the CSU DSU See Chapter 6 Basic Configuration Guide for more infor mation on configuring the router 6 Plug in the powe...

Page 16: ...ect the router to a thin Ethernet cable connect a T connector to the BNC connector located on the rear panel of the unit Connecting to Twisted Pair Ethernet Before connecting the router to twisted pair cabling you need an unshielded twisted pair cable that is already connected to your 10BaseT compatible twisted pair hub To connect the router to the twisted pair network simply plug the twisted pair...

Page 17: ...generally do not support these signals Connecting an Out of Band Management Console If you wish to connect an out of band management console use the supplied cable and connect to the Console interface on the back of the MicroRouter 900i You can use a dumb terminal or a computer equipped with VT100 terminal emulation The default settings for the Console interface are VT100 terminal emulation 9600 b...

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Page 19: ... client on a Novell NetWare internet or as an IP WinSock client on an IP internet System Requirements In order to successfully run CompatiView for Windows you need IBM PC or compatible w 486 or later processor Microsoft Windows 95 98 or Windows NT installed VGA or better monitor IP A WinSock compatible transport stack and or IPX A Netware or Microsoft Client installation v Note To choose the activ...

Page 20: ...hod for CompatiView to auto matically discover the router To initially contact the router over IP using CompatiView you must first enter a valid IP address into the router You can do this either on a console directly connected to the router or by setting a workstation s IP address to 198 41 12 2 with a Class C subnet mask 255 255 255 0 so that it can communicate over Ethernet with 198 41 12 1 the ...

Page 21: ...l emulation to a baud rate of 9600 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit and no Flow Con trol 2 Connect it to the router s Console interface using the cable which was supplied with the MicroRouter 900i 3 Press the Return key one or two times 4 Enter the default password letmein at the password prompt The command line interface prompt will appear on the screen If you plan to use out of band access for ongoin...

Page 22: ...nto and manage the MicroRouter 900i from anywhere on your IP internetwork including across the Internet if your security setup allows it To manage the router with Telnet you must 1 Run Telnet client software on your local computer which will com municate with the Telnet server built into the MicroRouter 900i 2 You must also set some basic IP parameters in the router The required parameters for Tel...

Page 23: ...oftware Installation With CompatiView basic IP parameters can be set using the TCP IP Routing Ethernet 0 Dialog Box Use the Save to Device option under the File menu to save the changes After you have set these IP parameters and saved the changes you can use Telnet to access the router from any node on your IP network Invoke the Telnet client on your local host with the IP address of the router yo...

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Page 25: ... the sense that they are not required for all installations These settings are not covered in this chapter In this chapter CV CompatiView TB Text Based Configuration In order to successfully connect to an Internet Service Provider ISP you must use router configuration parameters which will be provided by the technical staff of the ISP These parameters must include all IP addresses WAN settings and...

Page 26: ...e Set IP RIP 1 IP RIP 2 or OSPF Open Shortest Path First IP Static Routes CV Use the TCP IP Routing Ethernet Dialog Box to set RIP and the IP Static Routing Dialog Box under Global IP Static Routes to set static routes To set parameters for OSPF refer to the Compa tiView Management Software Reference Guide TB Use configure and the RIPVersion keyword for the IP Ethernet 0 section Use edit config an...

Page 27: ...line operation is the simplest to set up Set Dedicated connection Set PPP connection CV Use the Link Configuration WAN 0 Dialog Box TB Use configure and set the Mode and ConnectMode keywords in the Link Config WAN 0 section Suggested for Dedicated Leased Line Operation Dedicated line operation generally does not require additional parame ters for operation Required for Dial On Demand Operation Inc...

Page 28: ...erfaces which are set for PPP operation do not generally use an IP address They are set to act as an unnumbered interface In this mode of operation there are no required settings Suggested for IP These parameters help supply information about the segment that the interface is connected to With this information routing can take place Set IP RIP 1 IP RIP 2 or OSPF Open Shortest Path First IP Static ...

Page 29: ...or Dedicated Leased Line Operation Dedicated line operation generally does not require additional parame ters for operation Frame Relay DLCI Mappings If you are connecting to another Compatible Systems router this infor mation is not required for Frame Relay operation Compatible Systems uses IARP Inverse Address Resolution Protocol to dynamically generate this information To connect to other vendo...

Page 30: ...ialog Box TB Use the configure command and the Numbered IPAddress SubnetMask and IPBroadcast keywords in the IP WAN 0 section Required for IP Unnumbered Interface IP unnumbered interface Point to Point Frame Relay Local DLCI CV Use the TCP IP Routing WAN 0 Dialog Box and check the Point to Point Frame Relay checkbox TB Use the configure command and the Numbered PointToPoint Frame and InterfaceDLCI...

Page 31: ... default router using the edit config IP Static command Saving a Configuration File to Flash ROM Once a configuration is complete you can save it to the router s Flash ROM Until saved all changes are made in a separate buffer and the actual router interfaces run as before the changes were made CV Use the Save to Device option from the File menu TB Use the save command ...

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Page 33: ...efaults On Address 198 41 12 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Broadcast Address 198 41 12 255 IP RIP off Default route to WAN port WAN Port IP Defaults On Unnumbered interface RIP off Van Jacobson compression off Default route to WAN port Link Physical Defaults PPP Dial in Async 115 2Kbps Hardware flow control ...

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Page 35: ...ermined by an internal jumper The line device sourcing clock i e is the default Pin Outs for DIN 8 to RS 232 Console Cable DTE Female DIN 8 DTE RS 232 DB 25 Data DCE Male RS 232 1 RTS 4 20 RTS DTR 2 CTS 5 CTS 3 Tx Data 2 Tx Data 4 Ground 7 Ground 5 Rx Data 3 Rx Data 6 Tx Clock 15 Tx Clock 7 DCD 8 DCD 8 Rx Clock 17 Rx Clock Shield Shield DIN 8 DTE RS 232 DB 25 Data DTE Female RS 232 1 RTS 5 CTS 2 C...

Page 36: ...l modem DTE to DTE cable 2 Because it is a null modem cable it can be connected back to back with a DCE Male data cable in order to create a router to router test connection cable 5 Rx Data 2 Tx Data 6 Tx Clock 17 Tx Clock 7 DCD 8 DCD 8 Rx Clock 15 Rx Clock Shield Shield ...

Page 37: ...ansmit packet Other Indicators 5 6 on steady Flash ROM checksum in progress 5 6 flashing Router stacks starting up 2 3 4 7 8 9 flashing Running from ROM 2 3 4 7 8 9 on solid Erasing Flash ROM 2 3 8 9 on solid Writing Flash ROM 4 7 on solid Compressing Flash ROM image Level 1 Panic Indicators Any continuous flashing pattern not noted above may be caused by a software panic This is a sign that a con...

Page 38: ... first contacting Compatible Systems Technical Support Very few units experience hardware failures almost all problems can be traced to telco line problems and or incorrect configuration 0 Normal Operation 1 RAM Test 2 Ethernet Test 3 Unused 4 Unused 5 Erase Flash ROM OS and configuration 6 Flash ROM Test 7 Manufacturing Burn In 8 Serial Test 9 Allow letmein password for 5 minutes after powerup ...

Page 39: ...p www compatible com and find the link on our home page to Software Downloads 2 Select the product and software version you want and click on the appropriate file to download it v Note Uncompressed downloads suitable for TFTP and Compa tiView Windows downloading are stored as DLD files Self extracting Windows compatible style files and CompatiView for Windows itself are stored as EXE files Self ex...

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Page 41: ...ships the Products to the Customer a the Product meets in all material respects all specifica tions published by Compatible Systems for such Products as of the shipping date b the Products are free from all material defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service and c that as a result of the purchase of the Products from Compatible Systems the Customer will have good title to th...

Page 42: ...mpatible Systems will select the mode of transportation for each order Compatible Systems reserves the right to make deliveries in installments Partial shipments are subject to the terms of payment noted below Compatible Systems reserves the right to allocate inventory and production if such allocation becomes necessary 3 Payment Terms Payment shall be made prior to shipment or upon delivery unles...

Page 43: ...l purpose to actual damages of the Customer or if appropriate of the subsequent purchaser IN NO EVENT SHALL COM PATIBLE SYSTEMS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUEN TIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE SALE USE INSTALLATION OR OPERATION OF THE PRODUCTS WHETHER A CLAIM IS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY BREACH OF WARRANTY NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSO EVER WHETHER OR NOT SIMILAR This limit...

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