Operation Manual

Description of the menu options
ELSA LANCOM Wireless
R55
English
In order for the device to function correctly as a bridge,
ETHER
must always be entered
in the
Encaps
field. If the ELSA LANCOM is used as a router, any entry may be made
and it should be adapted to the remote station.
To link to devices from other manufacturers, please check with that manufacturer for the
data format used (PPP is almost universally supported).
For Internet and remote access, PPP is generally specified.
PPP-list
The router needs the device names contained in the PPP list in order to determine the
security procedure settings suitable for the connection and to determine the PPP
parameters. It contains a maximum of 64 entries and is structured as follows:
Not all parameters can be reached via the telnet configuration. Use
ELSA LANconfig so
far as possible.
Below is a detailed description of the meaning of each field:
Lay-1 The lay-1 column allows you to define the speed at which the data is sent in ISDN.
HDLC64K The data is transmitted at 64,000 bps.
HDLC56K The data is transmitted at 56,000 bps. This setting is especially
important for connections in the USA.
Device-
name
Auth. Key Time Try Conf Fail Term Username
AACHEN CHAP ******* 0 5 10 5 2 ELSA
Device-name In the Device-name column, you can enter the name with which the remote station
logs onto the router
.
In the case of connections via the data transmission network, this is the name entered
as “Username”. For remote access via the data transmission network, the 'Username'
field (see below) is not evaluated!
Entries are not case-sensitive!
Auth. In this column, you can enter the security procedure to be used for verification of the
remote station. Default: PAP
none The router does not negotiate authentication with the remote station
when establishing a connection. However, the remote station can
itself require authentication from the router This is the case when
dialing up a connection to an ISP, for example.
PAP The remote station is checked as per the Password Authentication
Protocol.
CHAP The remote station is checked as per the Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol.
Key A password may be entered in this column. Its presence is indicated by the symbol *
and it is used to check the remote station. It may consist of 95 characters (7-bit ASCII,
including spaces). Default: None
The
set ?
command shows a list of the allowable characters.