Datasheet

6 Operation on an ADSL Access
ARGUS 141 35
Encapsulation Selection of the encapsulation of the packets to be sent
(LLC or VC-MUX).
Default setting: LLC
MAC / VLAN: MAC (Media Access Control) and
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)
MAC address Display and selection of the MAC addresses.
The first two MAC addresses cannot be changed.
If the default MAC address is selected, the ARGUS will use its own
MAC address.
Default setting: Default MAC address
If Dynamic MAC Address is select a different MAC address will be
used for each synchronization.
A third MAC address can be entered: Mark and then press
<Edit>.
<Edit> Open the MAC address for entry. Enter the address in
hexadecimal from the keypad and the softkeys
<A..F>
(e.g. to enter a “C” press the softkey three times or to enter
an “F” six times, then finish up by pressing
<OK> to confirm
your entry).
Default setting: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Use the address. The new address is only saved tempo-
rarily and will not be available when the ARGUS is
switched on again.
VLAN
Use
VLAN:
Specifies whether or not VLAN should be used: yes, no.
Default setting: No
ID: Identifier for the VLAN to which the frame belongs. Every
VLAN is assigned a unique number, the VLAN ID. A
device, which belongs to the VLAN with the ID = 1, can
communicate with every other device in the same VLAN,
but not with a device in other VLANs (one with an ID other
than 1, i.e. 2).
Range: from 0 to 4095
Default: 0
Priority: User-priority information. An eight-level (3 bits) priority can
be assigned to each frame. In this manner, it is possible
e.g. to give priority to forwarding voice data, while HTTP
data will be handled as a lower priority.
Range: 0 to 7
Default: 0