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D-Link Router Family Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Part I:

General Product Overview Questions

1.

What is the Router product family?

The Router family of products are a set of multiprotocol remote
access routers that deliver a feature-rich, reliable, and secure
interconnection between your LAN and the remote network such as
Internet or Corporate network via ISDN.  The Router product’s
unique features make the interconnection flexible and easy to
upgrade.  Router supports IP routing, IPX routing, and
Transparent Bridging.  It supports Ethernet, ISDN, and POTS port.
Router can be managed via either RS-232 or Telnet.  Its menu-
driven System Management Terminal provides an easy-to-use
interface.

2.

What ISDN switches and B Channel protocols are supported by the 
Router?

The Router supports the following ISDN switches:

European switches:

DSS1 (also used in other countries)
1TR6

North American switches:

AT&T: NI1, Point-to-Point, Point to Multipoint
Northern Telecom DMS100: NI1, Custom

The Router supports the PPP protocol in the B channels.

3.

What are some of the major applications for the Router?

Some of the major applications of the Router include:

Internet Access
The Router can be set up to access the Internet in 15 minutes.
In addition, the Router provides an economic way for small office
to connect to Internet (see Subject 8 for Internet Single User
Account).

LAN-to-LAN Connection
The Router can dial to or answer calls from another remote access
router connected to a different network.  The Router supports
TCP/IP, Novell IPX routing and has the capability to bridge any
Ethernet protocol.

Telecommuting Server
The Router allows remote users to dial-in and gain access to your
LAN.  This feature enables users that have workstations with
remote access capabilities, e.g., Windows 95, to access the
network resources without physically being in the office.

4.

What are the benefits of the Router over other vendors’ 
products?

Summary of Contents for DI-106 Series

Page 1: ...s European switches DSS1 also used in other countries 1TR6 North American switches AT T NI1 Point to Point Point to Multipoint Northern Telecom DMS100 NI1 Custom The Router supports the PPP protocol i...

Page 2: ...6 at Pacific Bell Furthermore the Router has been tested extensively with Cisco routers and Ascend routers both Max and Pipeline 6 How to do factory reset for the router There is a file called default...

Page 3: ...er has easily customizable filter sets that you can use to set it up as an Internet Firewall To do this set the filters to do the following Allow ARP ICMP PING packets Allow TCP UDP traffic to ports 1...

Page 4: ...More No Log None Action Matched Forward Action Not Matched Check Next Rule c Allow UDP traffic to ports 1023 Menu 21 1 3 TCP IP Filter Rule Filter 1 3 Filter Type TCP IP Filter Rule Active Yes IP Pro...

Page 5: ...P Pr 0 SA 192 168 1 0 DA 0 0 0 0 N F N 2 Y IP Pr 1 SA 0 0 0 0 DA 0 0 0 0 N F N 3 Y IP Pr 17 SA 0 0 0 0 DA 0 0 0 0 DP 1023 N F N 4 Y IP Pr 6 SA 0 0 0 0 DA 0 0 0 0 DP 1023 N F D 5 N 6 N f Plug it to Men...

Page 6: ...nal a menu driven user interface To configure the Router for use as a Remote Access Server follow these steps 4 a Windows 95 Remote User Configure all the necessary parameters in Menu 13 for the Windo...

Page 7: ...and is indicated in the above diagram by B Note that the IP addresses on My net are hidden from the ISP and the rest of the Internet In Menu 1 Set Route IP to Yes In Menu 3 2 Set IP Address to an add...

Page 8: ...IP to Yes In Menu 3 2 Set IP Address to an address on My net A In Menu 11 1 Set Route to IP Set Rem IP Addr to the IP address of the remote ISDN router B Select Yes to editing the IP options In Menu...

Page 9: ...r of the remote network B The remote ISDN router Cisco Ascend etc will have to complete similar configuration changes in order to talk to the Router 2 Router on the NetWare client side My net Rem net...

Page 10: ...r to negotiate IPX routing In this configuration the stations on the LAN My net will have access to the IPX NetWare server on their own network If the client stations on My net want to access the remo...

Page 11: ...Router O O NetWare NetWare Server Client The Router can accept calls from a remote router to Bridge IPX packets In this configuration the stations on the remote network Rem net will have access to the...

Page 12: ...changes in order to talk to the Router 5 f Windows 95 NT Dialing in for TCP IP My net O Router ISDN TA O O A A C Win 95 NT The Router can accept calls from a remote station equipped with remote access...

Page 13: ...ources available on My net There are two ways to set the external network number for the remote station It can be set provided by the Router from a pool or it can be generated randomly In Menu 1 Set R...

Page 14: ...t PAP Password to the appropriate login password If the Cisco router requests CHAP Note The Cisco device must be configured as a remote node and not a remote user In Menu 11 1 only if Call Direction i...

Page 15: ...ISDN TA the Router is able to assign the IP address because it is the workstation that is doing the actual PPP IPCP negotiation 9 How can I prevent incoming telnet sessions to my Router The Router has...

Page 16: ...o 0 0 0 0 filter ALL packets Also set the Idle Timeout of that remote node to zero To trigger the call in this scenario use the option in menu 24 4 5 manual call This way the call will never time out...

Page 17: ...for the ISP remote node in the Call filter sets Menu 21 1 Filter Rules Summary A Type Filter Rules M m n 1 Y IP Pr 17 SA 0 0 0 0 SP 138 DA 0 0 0 0 N D N 2 Y IP Pr 17 SA 0 0 0 0 SP 137 DA 0 0 0 0 N D F...

Page 18: ...e IP Addr 0 0 0 0 IP Mask 0 0 0 0 Port 138 Port Comp Equal TCP Estab N A More No Log None Action Matched Drop Action Not Matched Check Next Rule Menu 21 1 2 TCP IP Filter Rule Filter 1 4 Filter Type T...

Page 19: ...fset 12 Length 2 Mask ffff Value protocol ID More No Action Matched Drop Action Not Matched Forward If your filtering scheme requires you to block more specific packets you can determine the type of p...

Page 20: ...eld blank or filled with 0 0 0 0 6 Why do I see garbage characters being printed out on my console This condition is due to data overflowing the UART You may not have a 16650 UART chip on your serial...

Page 21: ...for the IP pool However you still need to have RIP turned on 10 How do I trace if my Router is doing callback on CLID 1 Set Menu 13 CLID authentication to Required 2 Go to Menu24 8 CI and type sys ev...

Page 22: ...e Internet at the same time The legal gateway IP address can be statically assigned or the Router can dynamically ask the ISP for it The number of simultaneous users is limited by the fixed size trans...

Page 23: ...oming Call 40001 timestamp line 1 channel 1 call 41 C01 ANSWER Connected 64K 40001 timestamp line 1 channel 1 call 41 C01 Incoming Call Call Terminated 6 How do I setup syslogd in UNIX to use Router b...

Page 24: ...menu 2 and try again If X is any other code then check the ISDN switch type you have configured in menu 2 as well as the country code in menu 24 1 If these are correct then you need to turn on the pr...

Page 25: ...ave been incremented by 3 If not then use ip route errcnt disp to determine the cause If it has been incremented then try lan cnt disp to check if there is a hardware problem Finally check for any fil...

Page 26: ...ort SNMP The Router implements an SNMP agent which provides networking information to the SNMP manager applications running on other computers In addition to supporting the objects defined in the stan...

Page 27: ...will do a callback without answering the incoming call To Win95 this is a call failure and Win95 will not reach to a state to wait for callback 16 Can I use the Router CLID callback feature to call b...

Page 28: ...maintain that level of usage for the specified persist time before the second line is brought up or dropped 20 How do I setup Compression to work with Ascend Ascend supports 2 styles of Stac compressi...

Page 29: ...o this question depends on the situation and the type of network in question Generally routing provides better security better prevention of unneeded traffic and more flexibility However bridging prov...

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