OR-M (functionality & opinions) (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:06:19 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Timothy Deem shaped the electrons to say...
> The unit has a single async port and a PCMCIA slot -- I'm presuming
>they are both usable simultaneously giving you the potential for a dual
>dial-up connection -- is that correct? Or do they act like the ethernet

That is correct.

> Regardless of the first question, my second question has to do
>with how the OR-M dial-up connection is established with a PM2ER. Does
>the OR-M have the intelligence built into it to hold the phone numbers,
>logon-ids, passwords, and init strings and it controls the connection? Or
>is there an external source that has to be involved...?

It has location table capablilities like all of our units. You can store
configured locations for dial on demand.

> Understanding the availability of assigned static IP addresses and
>even entire class C's to a dial-up async port on the PM2ER based upon
>Radius' authentication (and presuming the answer to the first question is
>"yes, you can do that"), will the OR-M handle the routing between:
> 1 Ethernet Port (a unique subnet or class address)
> 1 Async port (an address assigned by Radius)
> 1 PCMCIA port (an address assigned and possibly of another
> subnet or class address than the async port)

Yes.

> Last question: Of those that are using the OR-M can you please
>respond with your opinions as to how the response is from a network
>situation over a dial-up connection and as to whether you have done what
>I'm asking about or not....?

Well, I used an OR-M for some time to connect with Livingston from my
home LAN. I only used one modem, the S0 had a serial Xterm on it. It
worked fine. I stopped using it because I went to an OR-U for ISDN.

-MZ

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