Configuring An Asynchronous Port For Network Dial-In

August 13, 1999

SUMMARY: 

This document provides information on how to configure an asynchronous port for network dial in. Settings such as Point to Point Protocol ( PPP) or  Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), compression and routing are determined by the user profile of the user dialing into the Lucent PortMaster (TM). 

PORT CONFIGURATION: 

  1. Set the port type to "network" ( PPP or SLIP rather than a shell account). and the port for dial in. 
    2. Command> set s1 network dialin
# Set the port for network dialin
  2. Set the port speed to match the speed of the modem connected to that port. This is the speed between the PortMaster and the modem. 
    3. Command> set s1 speed 115200
# Set the port speed
Command> set s1 speed 2 115200
Command> set s1 speed 3 115200 
  3. Set the flow control. When communicating to a modem the serial ports should be configured to hardware flow control. 
    4. Command> set s1 rts/cts on
# Set the port for hardware flow control
Command> set s1 xon/xoff off
  4. Set modem control on to enable handshaking between the modem and the port. 
    5. Command> set s1 modem on
# Set modem control on
  5. Note: The following commands can be used to display additional information for the show command or to set up the port for RADIUS. 
    6. Command> set s1 extended on
# Displays more information with the show command.
Command> set s1 security on
# To set port up for RADIUS

Example of the display for the show s[port] command:  

Command> show s1
--------------- Current Status - Port S1 --------------
        Status: IDLE
         Input: 9582        Parity Errors: 0
        Output: 3336        Framing Errors: 0
       Pending: 0           Overrun Errors: 0
  Modem Status: DCD-  CTS+

     Active Configuration    Default Configuration
     -------------------     ---------------------
     Port Type: Netwrk      Netwrk (Dial In) (Security)
    Baud Rates: 115200      115200,115200,115200
  Flow Control: RTS/CTS     RTS/CTS
 Modem Control: on          on

     Interface: ptp2 (PPP,Routing,Compress)
           Mtu: 0                       1500
     Async Map: L:00000000 R:00000000   00000000
    Dial Group: 0
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