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XSR User’s Guide 113
Chapter 6 Configuring a Dialed Backup Line
Configuring PPP
3 Enter media-type {RS232 | RS422 | RS449 | RS530A | V35 | X21} for
the cable your interface connects to.
The default media-type is RS232.
4 Enter no shutdown to enable the interface.
5 Enter ppp max-bad auth number to set the number of retries after
which the interface resets itself.
6 Enter dialer pool-member pool-number priority priority to assign the
interface as a member of the pool that the dialer interface will use.
Pool-number is a value ranging from 0 to 255 specifying the pool.
Priority is an optional value ranging from 0 to 255 that you can
configure to prioritize this pool-member within the pool.
7 Enable the interface by entering the no shutdown command.
Configuring the Interface as the Backup Dialer Interface
1 Enter interface serial card/port to specify the interface to back up.
2 Enter ip address ip-address mask to specify the IP address and
subnet mask of the interface.
3 Enter backup interface dialer number as the backup interface.
4 Enter backup delay enable-delay disable-delay to set the interval
between the physical interface going down and the backup being
enabled, and between the physical interface coming back up and the
backup being disabled.
5 Enter backup time-range start-time end-time to set the time of day
the backup interface should be enabled and disabled.
6 Enable the interface by entering the no shutdown command.
The CLI commands shown below are those used to configure the example
shown in Figure 13.
Configure interface dialer 0 to use dial pool 5:
XSR(config)#interface dialer 0
XSR(config-if<D1>)#encapsulation ppp