Network Router User Manual

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Cisco Building Broadband Service Manager 5.1 Software Configuration Guide

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Chapter 1 Introduction

The WEBconfig Program

When WEBconfig is selected from the BBSM Dashboard, the WEBconfig splash screen appears. The

Port IP web page automatically appears after a few seconds or when you click the splash screen.

Use WEBconfig to configure your BBSM Server using the following configuration categories:

• Port IDs

• Server

• Sites

• Routers

• Switches

• Page Sets

• Port Map

• Port Tests

• Call Types

• RADIUS Servers

• Walled Garden

Note For detailed descriptions of the functionality for each category, refer to Table 2-1 on page 2-5. For

complete details of all the options, see the “Navigating the WEBconfig Pages” section on page 2-8.

WEBconfig displays the Port IPs screen first. From this screen, you can navigate to any page using the

buttons at the top of each page. Working from left to right with the buttons, you are able to quickly

configure the system. Once the initial system configuration is completed, select specific web pages to

make additional changes. When configuring multiple sites, define the additional sites from the Sites

screen.

Network Types Supported

The BBSM system supports the following types of networks:

• Bridged networks

In a bridged network, a packet does not pass through a router from the client to the BBSM Server.

Broadcast packets reach all computers on the bridged network. In order for some plug-and-play

features to work, BBSM must use a bridged network. BBSM is the “router” that connects the bridged

network to the Internet.

Bridged networks are supported by associating all switches with router number 0. All switches are

on the BBSM Server internal network.

For bridged networks, you do not need to complete information for the Routers web page.

• Fully routed networks

In a routed network, a packet must pass through one or more routers from the client to the BBSM

Server. BBSM does not have access to broadcast packets and does not support plug-and-play for

these networks.