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This guide is designed to provide you with the information needed to install the PortMaster® Internetwork Router (IRX). Refer to "PortMaster Documentation" for more information about related documentation.
This guide is designed to be used by qualified system administrators and network managers. Knowledge of basic networking concepts is required to successfully install the IRX.
The following manuals are available from Lucent Technologies. The hardware installation guides are included with most PortMaster products; other manuals can be ordered through your PortMaster distributor or directly from Lucent.
The manuals are also provided as PDF and PostScript files on the PortMaster Software CD shipped with your PortMaster.
In addition, you can download PortMaster information and documentation from http://www.livingston.com/.
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This guide provides complete installation and configuration instructions for
ChoiceNet server software.
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This guide provides the complete description and syntax of each command in the
ComOS command set.
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This guide provides a comprehensive overview of networking and configuration
issues related to PortMaster products.
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These guides contain complete hardware installation instructions. An installation
guide is available for each PortMaster product line-IRX, Office Router,
Communications Server, and PortMaster 3.
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This guide covers PMconsole Administration Software for Microsoft Windows, a
graphical tool for configuring the PortMaster. The majority of the material in this
guide also applies to the UNIX version of PMconsole.
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This guide describes routing protocols supported by PortMaster products, and
how to use them for a wide range of routing applications.
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This guide can be used to identify and solve software and hardware problems in
the PortMaster family of products.
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This guide provides complete installation and configuration instructions for Lucent
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) software.
Use any World Wide Web browser to find a Request for Comments (RFC) online.
RFC 768, User Datagram Protocol
RFC 791, Internet Protocol
RFC 792, Internet Control Message Protocol
RFC 793, Transmission Control Protocol
RFC 854, Telnet Protocol Specification
RFC 950, Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
RFC 988, Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
RFC 1058, Routing Information Protocol
RFC 1144, Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links
RFC 1157, A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 1166, Internet Numbers
RFC 1213, Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets: MIB-II
RFC 1256, ICMP Router Discovery Messages
RFC 1321, The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
RFC 1331, The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) for the Transmission of Multiprotocol Datagrams over Point-to-Point Links
RFC 1332, The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)
RFC 1334, PPP Authentication Protocols
RFC 1362, Novell IPX Over Various WAN Media (IPXWAN)
RFC 1413, Identification Protocol
RFC 1490, Multiprotocol Interconnect Over Frame Relay
RFC 1552, The PPP Internet Packet Exchange Control Protocol (IPXCP)
RFC 1583, OSPF Version 2
RFC 1587, OSPF NSSA Options
RFC 1597, Address Allocations for Private Internets
RFC 1627, Network 10 Considered Harmful (Some Practices Shouldn't be Codified)
RFC 1634, Novell IPX Over Various WAN Media (IPXWAN)
RFC 1661, The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
RFC 1700, Assigned Numbers
RFC 1771, A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
RFC 1812, Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
RFC 1814, Unique Addresses are Good
RFC 1818, Best Current Practices
RFC 1824, Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
RFC 1826, IP Authentication Header
RFC 1827, IP Encapsulating Payload
RFC 1877, PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol Extensions for Name Server Addresses
RFC 1878, Variable Length Subnet Table for IPv4
RFC 1918, Address Allocation for Private Internets
RFC 1965, Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
RFC 1966, BGP Route Reflection, An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
RFC 1974, PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol
RFC 1990, The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)
RFC 1994, PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute
RFC 2003, IP Encapsulating Security Payload
RFC 2138, Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
RFC 2139, RADIUS Accounting
Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture. Douglas Comer. Prentice Hall, Inc. 1995. (ISBN 0-13-216987-8 (v.1))
Routing in the Internet. Christian Huitema. Prentice Hall PTR, 1995.
(ISBN 0-13-132192-7)
TCP/IP Network Administration. Craig Hunt. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 1994.
(ISBN 0-937175-82-X)
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols. W. Richard Stevens. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1994. (ISBN 0-201-63346-9)
Internet Routing Architectures. Bassam Halabi. Cisco Press, 1997.
The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this guide.
Note ¯
means take note. Notes contain information of importance or special interest.
Caution ¯
means be careful. You might do something-or fail to do something-that results in equipment failure or loss of data.
Warning ¯
means danger. You might do something-or fail to do something-that results in personal injury or equipment damage.
The PortMaster comes with a 1-year hardware warranty.
For all technical support requests, record your PortMaster ComOS version number and report it to the technical support staff or your authorized sales channel partner.
New releases and upgrades of PortMaster software are available by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.livingston.com.pub/le/.
In North America you can schedule a 1-hour software installation appointment by calling the technical support telephone number listed below. Appointments must be scheduled at least one business day in advance.
If you are an Internet service provider (ISP) or other end user in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, or Pakistan, contact your local Lucent InterNetworking Systems sales channel partner. For a list of authorized sales channel partners, see the World Wide Web at http://www.livingston.com/international/emea/distributors.shtml.
If you are an authorized Lucent InterNetworking Systems sales channel partner in this region, contact the Lucent InterNetworking Systems EMEA Support Center Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (GMT+1), excluding French public holidays.
Contact Lucent InterNetworking Systems Monday through Friday between the hours of 6 a.m.
and 6 p.m. (GMT -8).
Lucent Remote Access offers hands-on, technical training courses on PortMaster products and their applications. For course information, schedules, and pricing, visit the Lucent InterNetworking Systems website at http://www.livingston.com/, click Services, and then click Training.
Lucent maintains the following Internet mailing lists for PortMaster users:
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The mailing list is also available in a daily digest format. To receive the digest,
send email to majordomo@livingston.com with subscribe portmaster-users-digest
in the body of the message.
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portmaster-radius-a discussion of general and specific RADIUS issues, including configuration and troubleshooting suggestions. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@livingston.com with subscribe portmaster-radius in the body of the message.
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The mailing list is also available in a daily digest format. To receive the digest,
send email to majordomo@livingston.com with subscribe
portmaster-radius-digest in the body of the message.
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portmaster-announce-announcements of new PortMaster products and software releases. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@livingston.com with subscribe portmaster-announce in the body of the message. All announcements to this list also go to the portmaster-users list. You do not need to subscribe to both lists.
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