User`s manual

NPort 6000 Series User’s Manual Module Settings
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Destination IP address:
Source IP address:
IP netmask:
If you do not configure these three parameters, they will be filled in
automatically by the remote side of the connection.
TCP/IP compression (default=Disable): The setting of this field depends on whether the remote
user’s application requests compression.
Inactivity time (default=0 ms): This field specifies the idle time setting for auto-disconnection. A
setting of 0 ms will cause the port to remain connected even if idle.
Link quality report (default=Disable): Setting this field to Enable allows the NPort 6000 to
disconnect a connection if the link noise exceeds a certain threshold.
Username: This is the dial-out user ID account.
Password: This is the dial-out user password.
Authentication type (default=None): This field allows you to configure the method used, if any,
to verify a user’s ID and authorization.
Option Description
Local
Verify the ID against the NPort 6000 User Table.
RADIUS
Verify the ID against the external RADIUS server.
RADIUS-Local
Radius authentication is tried first, switching to Local if
unsuccessful.
Local-RADIUS
Authentication is performed locally first, switching to Radius if
unsuccessful.
TACACS+
Verify the ID against the external TACACS+ server.
TACACS+-Local
TACACS+ authentication is tried first, switching to Local if
unsuccessful.
Local-TACACS+
Authentication is performed locally first, switching to Radius if
unsuccessful.
None
Authentication is not required.
Try next type on authentication denied (default=Disable): The field enables or disables the
system to try next type on first authentication denied.
Dial-out number: Use this field to configure the number that the user uses to dial out.
Dial-in number: Use this field to configure the number that the user uses only to dial in.
Initial string: Use this field to configure the initial string that the modem will use to establish the
connection.
Connection control Connect Rule Disconnect Rule GSM
Always on/None Always on after power on None
Trunk
Periodically
connect/inactivity time
Periodically connect (based on the
setting of connection interval ) to
GSM after power on.
Inactivity time is up
Trunk
Remote host fail/remote
host recovered
Remote Ethernet host has failed.
The NPort 6000 will keep pinging
the remote host over the Ethernet
every 3 seconds after powering on.
After failing to connect 5 times in
a row, the data from the serial
device will be sent through the
GSM connection.
When the remote
Ethernet host returns
to normal, data will
revert to being sent
over Ethernet after 5
continuous
successful pings.
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