HP 600 Series, Services And Applications

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Quick Remote
Nearly every HP router includes an easy-to-use utility for automatically
configuring the remote routers attached to its WAN ports. This is called
Quick Remote. It is a simple screen that guides the network administrator at
a central site to input and store the parameters minimally required to
configure bridging, IP routing, and IPX routing on the HP routers attached
on the point-to-point WAN links. Then these remote routers can be
unpacked, installed, cabled, and switched on (by personnel with no special
networking expertise). Each router immediately sends out a Bootp request
and automatically acquires the configuration from the central router on its
WAN link (where Quick Remote was used). The remote router then uses the
supplied configuration to begin routing with no operator intervention. For
each remote router, Quick Remote sets up the WAN link and the first LAN
port.
(Even if IP and IPX routing services are not needed, Quick Remote
aids in configuration of the other services that are needed. For
example, if only AppleTalk routing is being used, the central site
administrator could minimally configure IP and Telnet services. After
the remote router begins routing, then the administrator could make
a Telnet network connection to the remote router, and configure
AppleTalk and boot the router using Quick Configuration.)
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The HP Router PR does not have Quick Remote. Quick Remote can be
used to supply the configuration to any HP router except the
HP Router 650. Some types of WAN links (such as X.25, frame relay, etc.)
require more configuration than the default point-to-point configuration
supported by the automatic startup of branch routers, and thus require
more setup than Quick Remote can do at the central site.
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Features of HP Routers
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