ISDN Router Manual V.1.1
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5.1 Quick Configuration to Internet
Before you can connect your LAN to the Internet you must obtain an ISDN internet account
from your local Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your local ISP should provide you the
following information when you register with them:
1. Account user ID and password
2. Dial in telephone number, you may need to have two phone numbers if you wish to
run Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (ie. MLPPP).
When the above information is ready, you can configure the router with it to connect your LAN
to the internet. Configuring the router is very easy with the quick config "
qconfig
"
command.
The router will prompt you to enter the ethernet IP address for the router, the ISP user ID,
password, and the ISP phone number. When you’re done typing the information, the router will
return you to the CLI prompt. At this point we recommend you to save all your configuration
by entering the command:
>
config save
Now you are ready to launch the connection to the internet. To do this please use the connect
command:
>
connect <user id>
The router shall attempt to connect you with your local ISP. If succeed you should see a
message indicating that connection with the internet is successful. At this point, depending on
weather your LAN has private IP addresses or not, you may want to configure NAT (Network
Address Translation) to translate all of your private IP addresses to the public IP address. This
can be done with the this command:
>
config ip nat add isdn
Simple as that! Now you can start surfing.
Quick configuration is designed to help users with limited network knowledge to setup the SOHO
router and connect to the internet with ease within the least amount of time.
To start quick configuration for the internet, enter
qconfig
at the command prompt. An example of
the quick configuration screen is displayed as shown below.
