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5-14 Dial Solutions Quick Configuration Guide

Configuring AppleTalk Remote Access (ARA) for Macintosh Access

Step 3 Bring up the interface Ethernet 0, assign it an IP address, and conﬁgure a cable range. In

this example, the cable range is 110 to 110.

2511(config)# interface ethernet 0

2511(config-if)# ip address 172.16.42.26 255.255.250.0

2511(config-if)# appletalk cable-range 110-110

Step 4 Create an AppleTalk zone on the Ethernet interface 0. In the following example, the zone

is given the name Corporate.

2511(config-if)# appletalk zone Corporate

Step 5 Enter line conﬁguration mode for the lines on which you need to allow ARA clients to

dial in and enable ARA. The following example shows lines 1 through 16 being

conﬁgured for ARA dial in (these are the physical asynchronous TTY lines) and disables

guest access to the AppleTalk network.

2511(config-if)# line 1 16

2511(config-line)# arap enable

2511(config-line)# autoselect arap

2511(config-line)# arap noguest

Step 6 Conﬁgure an AppleTalk zone for ARA dial-in sessions. (In Step 4, the zone that was

created was Corporate. This example uses the same zone.)

2511(config)# appletalk macip server 172.16.42.26 zone Corporate

Step 7 Allocate IP addresses for Macintosh users if you are using dynamic addressing

2511(config)# appletalk macip dynamic 172.16.42.27 zone Corporate

Table 5-2 lists other useful dial-in parameters for ARA.

Table 5-2 Additional ARA Dial-In Parameters

Command Purpose

arap dedicated Makes the line only available for ARA dial-in access. Do

not issue this command if you are also allowing PPP users

to dial in through the line or if you issue the autoselect ppp

command on the line.

arap timelimit minutes Sets a time limit on dial-in sessions. This prevents clients

from staying connected indeﬁnitely.

arap warningtime minutes Sets the amount of time before which the connection is

closed because of the arap timelimit command. A

reasonable amount of time is 15 minutes.