
8-6
MAX Administration Guide
Administering PAD, X.25, and Frame Relay
Administering PAD
through a modem, the terminal server performs the authentication using a local Connection
Profile or a RADIUS user profile.
Displaying information about PAD sessions
To display information about PAD sessions, enter the Show PAD commands. For example:
ascend% show pad
Port State LCN BPS User Called Addr.
1 connected 0 9600 plato
419342855555
2 connected 0 9600
irma
The output includes the following fields:
Verifying PAD-related settings
Verify PAD-specific settings in the Connection profile’s Encaps Options or in the Ethernet
menu’s T3POS options in order to assure that the MAX performs PAD functions correctly. For
more information, refer to the Network Configuration Guide for your unit. Table 8-3
summarizes PAD-specific parameters.
Field Description
Port
Port for the X.25 connection.
State
State of the connection, which can be one of the following:
Idle
—The PAD is open, but no call has been issued.
Calling
—A call has been issued and is awaiting acceptance.
Connected
—The call is connected and in session.
Clearing
—A Clear command has been issued and the transmitter is
awaiting a clear confirmation.
LCN
Logical Channel Number for a PVC. An LCN of 0 means the circuit is
not a PVC (but is a switched virtual circuit).
BPS
Data rate of the connection in bits per second.
User
Connection profile name of the caller.
Called Add
X.121 address of the remote node.
Table 8-3. PAD-specific parameters
Parameter
Description
T3POS T1
Specifies the Char-to-Char timer. This timer indicates the maxi-
mum amount of time permitted between characters sent from the
DTE to the PAD.