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Figure IP Context and Related Elements
The IP context undertakes the task of doing all IP related transport of data and voice packets via the
logical interfaces and available gateways. In addition using profiles, which together with the IP
context pinpoint how packets have to be handled for specific services, enhances the possible field of
application. Moreover voice packets are transported via a voice gateway to the CS context for further
processing and forwarding to the PSTN.
11.2 IP Context Overview Configuration Task List
As previously described this chapter outlines the IP context configuration. For that reason it will not
give you all the details of a configuration task, but guides you to the chapters in which you will find
the full description.
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All the information you need to configure an IP Interface is to be found in Chapter , “ IP
Interface Configuration ”.
• Information regarding network address port translation (NAPT) in Chapter 13 , “ NAPT
Configuration ”.
• If you need to configure a physical port, Chapter “ Ethernet Port Configuration ” or
Chapter Serial Port Configuration ” may help you.
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To set up the IP router contained within SmartWare, Chapter “Basic IP Routing
Configuration” and Chapter “ RIP Configuration ” gives you the necessary inside
information.
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Related to network security requirements, Chapter 19 , “ Access Control List Configuration ”
provides essential knowledge.
• Finally if your network shall provide better service to selected network traffic, Chapter 15 ,
“ Link Scheduler Configuration ” will help you with getting in-depth knowledge about
quality of service (QoS) management with SmartWare.
The basic tasks involved in IP context configuration are described in the following sections. Many
parameters have acceptable default values, which in most cases do not need to be explicitly
configured. Hence not all of the configuration tasks below are required. Depending on your
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