New settings for the Pipeline 25, 25-Fx, 50, and 75

Dependencies: The AppleTalk item is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

Protocols > IP > DHCP (new section, after Protocols > IP > DNS; move Misc > DHCP settings here; put Service Plug...after Enable; put Become Default... and next two after Subnet Mask and before Renewal Time)

A Pipeline unit returns the following information in its response to a Plug and Play request:

• The Internet Protocol (IP) address for the computer.

  This address is one greater than the IP address of the MAX. For example, if the IP address of the MAX is 200.200.200.100, the IP address of the computer is 200.200.200.101.

• The subnet mask for the computer.

  This is the same as the subnet mask for the MAX.

• The IP address of the default gateway for the connecting to remote networks.

  This is the IP address of the MAX.

• The IP address of a domain name server (DNS server) that the computer can use.

  This is the address of the MAX, which serves as a proxy Domain Name Service (DNS) server. This means that DNS requests are sent to the MAX, which forwards them to the domain name servers, if any, on the remote network, receives the results, and then passes the results to the computer.

Dependencies: If Always Spoof is not checked, the Pipeline responds to only the first Plug and Play request from the computer and ignores later requests. If Always Spoof is checked, the Pipeline responds to later requests from the same computer, but not to requests from other computers.

Usage: If checked, the Pipeline advertises itself as the default router in DHCP replies. This is unchecked by default.

Usage: If checked, the Pipeline dials the first Connection Profile if required. This is unchecked by default.

Usage: If checked, the Pipeline responds to multiple DHCP requests from a single host. If unchecked, the Pipeline responds to only the first DHCP request and ignores all subsequent requests. This is unchecked by default.

Connections > [Connection profile] > Dial-Out (put Expect Callback before Call Placement Filter)

Usage: If checked, the Pipeline expects the connection to terminate and result in a call-back from the far-end device. Check this when the remote device requires callback security. This prevents problems that arise when Caller ID is required for the device that is expected to callback. If a call fails for any reason, regardless of whether or not the called machine requires Caller ID and is attempting a callback, the call initiator will still have to wait 90 seconds before attempting the call the same number again if this setting is checked.

If this setting is unchecked, the Pipeline does not expect call-back for this connection.

This is unchecked by default.

Changes to previous settings for the ???Pipeline 25, 25-Fx, 50, and 75???

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Profile	Description of change
Answer Profile	Clid Auth= is changed to Id Auth=. There are several new options for this field. See Table for descriptions of these new options, as well as the options previously available for Clid Auth.

Setting	Description of change
Ignore	Neither CLID (calling party number) nor DNIS (called number) affect incoming call authentication; that is, both are ignored.
Prefer	No change
Require	No change
Fallback	No change
Called Require	Functions identically to "Require" above except the called number is checked rather than the calling party number.
Called Prefer	Functions identically to "Prefer" above except the called number is checked rather than the calling party number.

New settings for the Pipeline 50 and 75

Usage: Enter the number to be used for Called Number authentication.

Example: 5551234

Connection > [profile] > IP Options > Client settings (new section, called "Client settings", with rules above and below the heading, immediately before Routing Options settings)

Usage: Enter the IP address of a DNS server to be used for all connections that do not have a DNS server defined. The default value is 0.0.0.0.

Usage: Enter the IP address of a secondary DNS server to be used for all connections that do not have a DNS server defined. The default value is 0.0.0.0.

Usage: Check this to use client DNS servers. The default is unchecked.

Usage: Enter the IP address of the next hop router in dotted decimal notation. The default value is 0.0.0.0; if you accept this value, the Pipeline routes packets as specified in the routing table, using the system-wide default route if it cannot find a more specific route.

The Pipeline must have a direct route to the address you specify. The direct route can take place via a profile or an Ethernet connection. If the Pipeline does not have a direct route, it drops the packets on the connection. When you diagnose routing problems with a profile using this feature, an error in a per-user gateway address is not apparent from inspection of the global routing table.

Example: If you enter 10.0.0.3 for the Gateway setting, IP packets from the user with destinations through the default route will be routed through the gateway at 10.0.0.3.

Connections > [Connection profile] > AppleTalk (new section; put after IPX Options section)

Usage: If checked, support for AppleTalk routing for this connection is enabled

This is unchecked by default.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• When this box is checked, the Zone Name and Network Number Range settings are enabled.

• For AppleTalk routing to be enabled for incoming connections, Answer >Bridging/Routing > Enable AppleTalk Routing must also be checked.

Usage: Enter the zone name.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if Enable AppleTalk Routing is checked.

Usage: Enter the starting network number of the range of networks to be seeded in the Start field. Enter the ending network number of the range of networks to be seeded in the End field.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if Enable AppleTalk Routing is checked.

Usage: Enter a secondary domain name. The name can contain up to 63 characters.

Example: xyz.com

Client DNS configurations define DNS server addresses that will be presented to WAN connections during IPCP negotiation. They provide a way to protect your local DNS information from WAN users. Client DNS has two levels: a global configuration that applies to all PPP connections, and a connection-specific configuration that applies to that connection only. The global client addresses are used only if none are specified in the Connection profile.

This setting acts as a flag to enable the MAX to present the local DNS servers to the WAN connection when all client DNS servers are not defined or available.

Usage: If checked, clients can use the local DNS servers. This is checked by default.

Usage: Enter the IP address of a DNS server to be used for all connections that do not have a DNS server defined. The default value is 0.0.0.0.

Example: 10.9.8.7/24

Usage: Enter the IP address of a secondary DNS server to be used for all connections that do not have a DNS server defined. The default value is 0.0.0.0.

Example: 10.9.8.7/24

Usage: Enter a number between 0 and 35. The default value is 6.

Protocols > IP > NAT (new section; put immediately after Protocols > IP > DHCP)

Usage: Check this to enable NAT routing. This is checked by default.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• The Pipeline must have IP routing enabled in order to use NAT.

• The IP addresses configured on host and the Pipeline must be on the same local network. These addresses are only used for local communication between the host and the Pipeline over the Ethernet.

• You should restrict IP addresses used on the local LAN so that hosts on the network connecting to the Pipeline have each octet of their IP addresses greater than 99 (this only applies to FTP sessions). For example, 192.168.121.101 is a recommended address, but 192.168.121.99 is not.

• Make sure the device you are dialing into is configured to assign dynamic IP addresses through PPP negotiations.

• Once a connection is terminated, there is no guarantee that the same address will be used for subsequent connections. You can set the Idle timer to 0 to prevent the Pipeline from terminating an idle connection. But note that the MAX on the other side may have the Idle timer configured to a lower value, which overrides any settings you have set.

• Once NAT has been configured and the Pipeline is translating addresses from clients on the local LAN, the Pipeline can only be accessed from the local LAN or through the serial port; it cannot be directly accessed from the WAN side.

• Note that the Pipeline itself can be a NAT client. That is, the Pipeline can translate an address for itself as long as it is not translating addresses for other clients on the local LAN.

• Make sure to check Protocols > IP > RIP > Ignore Default Route. When NAT is active, it routes using its own default route. Configuring the Pipeline to ignore default routes avoids the possibility that a default route from the ISP will overwrite the NAT route.

Usage: Click the button, select a Connection Profile from the list that appears, then click OK.

Dependencies: This setting is disabled if Enable NAT Routing is unchecked.

Protocols > IP > Multicast (new section; put immediately after Protocols > IP > NAT)

Usage: Check this to enable multicast forwarding functionality.

When this is checked, the MAX appears to an Multicast router as a multicast client, which receives IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) queries from the router and responds to them using IGMP. To dial-in clients, it appears as a multicast router, which sends IGMP queries and forwards multicast traffic.

It is unchecked by default.

Usage: Click the button, select a Connection Profile from the list that appears, then click OK.

Dependencies: This setting is disabled if Forward Multicast Packets is unchecked.

Protocols > AppleTalk (new section after Protocols > IPX)

Usage: Check this box to enable support for AppleTalk routing. If it is not checked, no connection can use AppleTalk routing.

This is unchecked by default.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• When this box is checked, the Pipeline's Zone Name and AppleTalk Router settings are enabled.

• For AppleTalk routing to be enabled for incoming connections, Answer >Bridging/Routing > Enable AppleTalk Routing must also be checked.

Usage: Enter the name of the AppleTalk zone containing the Pipeline.

Dependencies: This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

Usage: Choose one of the following:

• Don't Route

  Causes the Pipeline unit to ignore AppleTalk packets.

• Seed Router

  Makes the Pipeline unit a seed router (one that provides the AppleTalk network number range to non-seed routers on the AppleTalk network). If this is chosen, the Network Number Range and AppleTalk Zones settings are enabled.

• Non-Seed Router

  Makes the Pipeline unit a non-seed router (one that gets the AppleTalk network number range from a seed router).

Network Number Range settings

Usage: Enter the first network number in the AppleTalk network.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if the value of the AppleTalk Router setting is Seed Router.

Usage: Enter the last network number in the AppleTalk network.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if the value of the AppleTalk Router setting is Seed Router.

The list can include up to 10 zones, the first of which, the default zone, is required. By default, the entries in the list following the default zone are numbered Zone #1, Zone #2, and so on. If there is a zone name assigned to an entry, it appears in the Zone Name setting when the entry is selected.

Usage: To add zone to the list, select an unused entry in the list (these are numbered Zone #1, Zone #2, and so on) and then enter the name of the zone in the Zone Name field to the right. To replace a zone already in the list, select the entry for the zone and then enter the name of the zone in the Zone Name field to the right.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if the value of the AppleTalk Router setting is Seed Router.

Usage: To enter the name of a zone to be seeded, select an entry in the AppleTalk Zones list and then type the name of the zone in the Zone Name field. The zone name you type appears in that entry. If there was already a zone name for the selected entry, the new zone name you type replaces the previous zone name.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• This setting is enabled only if the value of the AppleTalk Router setting is Seed Router.

Usage: If checked, the Pipeline performs AppleTalk routing for incoming connections.

This is unchecked by default.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• This setting is available only in the special Pipeline software that supports AppleTalk.

• For AppleTalk routing to be enabled for incoming connections, Protocols >AppleTalk > Enable AppleTalk must also be checked.

Note: BACP uses the same criteria as MP+ connections for managing bandwidth dynamically.

Usage: Check this to enable BACP. It is disabled by default.

Dependencies: This setting applies only to connections encapsulated in MP.

Misc > Security Card settings (fix problem with head at the beginning of the tab; change current "Security Log settings" to "Security Card settings"; add these to the beginning of the section)

Usage: Select of the following buttons:

• Send `User Busy' Disconnect specifies to return User Busy as the Cause Element in the DISCONNECT message.

• Send `Normal Call Clearing' Disconnect specifies to return Normal Call Clearing as the Cause Element in the DISCONNECT message.

  This is the default.

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