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Table Of Contents
FlowPoint™ DSL Router Family 7
Preface
About This Book
The
Command Line Interface
contains information on the syntax and use of the Command Line Interface for the
family of DSL routers. It provides the steps and information needed to configure the Router software and
troubleshoot problems using the Command Line Interface. Configuration of network connections, bridging,
routing, and security features are essentially the same for all DSL routers, unless otherwise noted. The book also
provides detailed information about the system’s bridging, routing, addressing, and security operations.
This book is intended for small and home office users, remote office users, and other networking professionals
who are installing and maintaining bridged and routed networks.
How This Book Is Organized
This guide
is intended to help you configure and manage the router using the Command Line Interface. The guide
assumes that you have read the information about the router and installed the hardware using the
Internet Quick
Start Guide
. The guide is divided into eight parts:
Introduction
Describes the features of the Command Line Interface.
Advanced Topics
Contains additional information on topics such as interoperability, routing and bridging operations, PAP/CHAP
security negotiation, bandwidth management, protocol conformance, and the file system.
Planning for Router Configuration
Provides information unique to configuration using the Command Line Interface including worksheets for
collecting required information.
Configuring Router Software
Describes how to configure the router using the Command Line Interface.
Configuring Special Features
Describes how to configure features such as Bridging Filtering, RIP, DHCP, NAT, Management Security,
Software Options Keys, Encryption, IP Filtering, and L2TP Tunneling.
Command Line Interface Reference
Describes the syntax of each command and the results when the command is entered.
Managing the Router
Describes SNMP management capabilities, TFTP client and server, TELNET support and how to upgrade the
system software, boot code, backup and restore configuration files, FLASH memory recovery procedures, and
batch file command execution.