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Chapter 3

Quick Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure your GTS 205 and GTS 250 using the Quick Config process. It includes the following topics:

Before You Begin

Using Quick Config

Configuring the GTS 205 and GTS 250

Configuring Interfaces

Configuring Bridging

Configuring Protocols

Configuring Booting

Configuring Modem Control

Restarting the Router

Before You Begin

 Quick Configuration (Quick Config) is part of the Command Line Interface. It is a question and answer script that allows you to configure your router's basic interface, bridging, protocol, and booting parameters without having to enter and exit the different configuration processes individually.

Whatever parameters you cannot configure with Quick Config you can configure using the Command Line Interface configuration processes after exiting Quick Config.

You cannot delete Quick Config information from within Quick Config, but you can correct it by exiting and returning to Quick Config or by typing r for restart as a response to a Quick Config question.

Notes:

Using Quick Config

 If you are configuring your GTS 205 or GTS 250 for the first time, your router enters Quick Config automatically the first time you boot it.

To run Quick Config after you have initially configured your GTS, follow these steps:

1. At the * prompt, enter configuration to display the Config> prompt. For example: 
* configuration

Gateway user configuration
Config>
2. Enter qconfig at the Config> prompt to begin Quick Config. 
Config>qconfig

Router Quick Configuration for the following:
o   Router Name
o   Interfaces
o   Bridging
        Spanning Tree Bridge (STB)
        Source Routing Bridge (SRB)
        Source Routing/Transparent Bridge (SR/TB)
        Source Routing Transparent Bridge (SRT)
o   Protocols
        IP (including OSPF, RIP and SNMP)
        IPX
o   Booting
Event Logging will be enabled for all configured subsystems
with logging level 'Standard'
This display is for a GTS 250.

3. To exit Quick Config, type r for restart at any prompt and follow the queries until you type no and then q for quit. The router returns to the Config> prompt.

Configuring the GTS 205 and GTS 250

 The following sections present sample configurations using Quick Config to configure your GTS. The actual prompts displayed vary depending on your router type, its hardware configuration, and the software loaded on it. The following sections provide information on the Quick Config prompts:

Note: Your input appears in bold typeface in the following displays.

Configuring Interfaces

Table 3-1 provides information on the interface configuration prompts.

Table 3-1 Interface Configuration Prompts

Prompt Description
PPP
Data link protocol Enter one of the following to specify the data link protocol:

ppp Point-to-Point Protocol frame relay Frame Relay X25 X.25

Line discipline Enter Async or Sync for the type of data transmission over the link: Asynchronous or Synchronous.

Dial parameters

Modem name Arbitrary name for the modem or the brand name of the modem.

Modem type You can select the following types: Configurable, Non-configurable, V25bis.

Modem initialization commands See your modem manual.

Remote destination name Name of the destination router (or computer system).

Remote destination telephone number Telephone number for the destination router (or computer system).

Place outbound calls If you answer yes, allows your router to send calls to a destination router.

Accept inbound calls If you answer yes, allows your router to receive calls from a remote router.

Cable type Enter the cable type connected to the particular WAN port: RS-232 DTE, V.35 DTE, V.36 DTE, X.21 DTE.

Internal clock speed Appears only if you enter a direct-attach cable type.

CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

Local router name Router name for an interface. Can be used instead of the host name when sending a call.

Host name Host name of the router. Always used when receiving a call.

Remote router name Name of destination router.

Remote secret CHAP secret on the remote router.

PAP Password Authentication Protocol

Local router name Name of the local router.

Host name Host name of the router.

Local password Password on the local router.

Remote router name Name of destination router.

Remote password Password on the remote router.

Speed in Mb/sec For Token Ring, enter 4 or 16. This speed must match the speed of the ring.

Connector For Token Ring, enter one of the following to specify the media you are using:

stp shielded twisted pair utp unshielded twisted pair

Frame Relay
LAN Emulation Enable or disable. LAN Emulation causes a Frame Relay interface to look like an Ethernet or Token Ring interface to protocols such as IP.

Cable Type Enter the cable type connected to the particular WAN port from the options displayed.

Configuring Bridging

Table 3-2 provides information on the transparent bridging configuration prompt.

Table 3-2 Bridging Configuration Prompts

Prompt Description
Enable Transparent Bridging Appears for each WAN interface. Enter yes to enable Transparent Bridging on the interface.

Configuring Protocols

Table 3-3 presents information on the Internet Protocol (IP) configuration prompts. Table 3-4 presents information on the Internetwork Exchange Protocol (IPX) configuration prompts.

Table 3-3 IP Configuration Prompts

Prompt Description
Enable IP on this interface? Enter yes to enable IP on the particular interface.

IP Address Enter the IP address in decimal notation. For example, 128.185.142.20.

Address Mask Address mask is a decimal value that reflects the IP address class type. Class A is 255.0.0.0; Class B is 255.255.0.0; and Class C is 255.255.255.0.

See the Protocol Guide, or consult your network administrator.

Use unnumbered IP addressing? Serial line with an IP address of 0.0.0.n, where n is the WAN interface number. Allows you to send IP traffic over a serial line interface with the unnumbered address.

Enable Dynamic Routing? Enter yes if you want RIP to build the routing tables.

Enter no to manually add IP address destinations (static routes) to the routing tables.

Enable OSPF? Enter yes to enable the OSPF routing protocol.

Enter no to enable full RIP functionality.

OSPF Enabled with Max routes = 1000 and Max routers = 50 Max routes is the maximum number of Autonomous System (AS) external routes imported into the OSPF routing domain. Max routers is the maximum number of OSPF routers in the routing domain.

Also enable RIP? Enter yes to enable RIP on the router.

Specify a Default Route? IP address of a path between two routers to be used when other links fail.

Table 3-4 IPX Configuration Prompts

Prompt Description
Internal IPX Network Number Enter a Hex number (1-FFFFFFFD).

Enable IPX on this interface? Enter yes to enable IPX on the particular interface.

IPX Network Number Enter a Hex number (1-FFFFFFFD).

Enable NLSP on the router? Enter yes to enable NetWare® Link Services Protocol(TM) (NLSP(TM)).

Token Ring encapsulation type? Enter the encapsulation type used by the IPX protocol on your Token Ring end stations.

Token-Ring
MSB 		The default and the most common encapsulation type. The router sends the source and destination addresses in MSB (most significant bit), that is, non-canonical, format, which is the native address format for Token Ring.

Token-Ring
LSB 		Same as Token Ring MSB except that the router sends the addresses in LSB (least significant bit), that is, canonical, format.

Token-Ring
SNAP MSB 		The router builds outgoing packets with an 8-byte 802.2/SNAP header. It sends the source and destination addresses in MSB, that is, non-canonical, format.

Token-Ring
SNAP LSB 		Same as Token Ring SNAP MSB except that the router sends the addresses in LSB, that is, canonical, format.

Ethernet encapsulation type? Enter the encapsulation type used by the IPX protocol on your Ethernet end stations.

Ethernet_8022 Packet includes an 802.2 header. This is the default for NetWare versions 4.0 and later.

Ethernet_8023 Uses an IEEE 802.3 packet format without the 802.2 header. This is the default and the default for NetWare versions prior to 4.0. Ethernet 802.3 does not conform to the IEEE 802 standards because it does not include an 802.2 header. It may cause problems with other nodes on the network.

Ethernet_II Uses Ethernet type 8137 as the packet format. This format is required if you are using NetWare VMS on the Ethernet.

Ethernet_SNAP Uses the 802.2 format with a SNAP header. This encapsulation type is meant to be compatible with Token Ring SNAP encapsulation. However, it violates IEEE standards and is not interoperable across conformant bridges.

Network Number (hex) (0-FFFFFFFF) Assigns an IPX network number to the associated, directly-connected network. Every IPX interface must have a unique network number. The only exception is for serial interfaces that can have network numbers of zero. A serial interface without a network number does not pass IPX NetBIOS emulation packets.

Host Number for Serial Lines Host number is a unique 12-digit hexadecimal value assigned to an IPX router. It is required because serial lines do not have hardware node addresses from which to build a host number.

Configuring Booting

Table 3-5 presents information on the Booting configuration prompts. Table 3-6 presents information on the TFTP Boot configuration prompts. Table 3-7 presents information on the Integrated Boot Device (IBD) Boot configuration prompts.

Table 3-5 Booting Configuration Prompts

Prompt Description
Create a boot record using this information? Quick Config displays any previous boot information.

Enter yes to save the boot record. Enter no to select another boot option.

Select Booting Method Enter the booting method:

There are no additional prompts for BOOTP.

The following sections describe the prompts that appear for TFTP and IBD.

Table 3-6 TFTP Boot Prompts

Prompt Description
Interface Number Enter the number for the Ethernet, Token Ring, or WAN device connections on the rear panel of the router.

Interface IP Address IP address of the interface over which to boot. Enter the IP address in decimal notation.

Address Mask Address mask identifies the IP address class type. Class A is 255.0.0.0; Class B is 255.255.0.0; and Class C is 255.255.255.0. The router can accept all valid masks, even if they are not Class A, B, or C.

Host IP Address IP address of the host that contains the boot file.

Via Gateway If the host is not on the same (sub)network as the GTS, enter the IP address of an intermediate router.

Boot File Name Name of the file to load, including any path on the host for subdirectories.

Table 3-7 IBD Boot Prompts

Prompt Description
IBD Load Name Enter ibd and the terminal displays a list of software loads in the IBD. Enter the name of the load that you want the GTS to load when it boots.

Configuring Modem Control

Table 3-8 presents information on the Modem Control configuration prompts.

Table 3-8 Modem Control Prompts

Prompt Description
Configure service port? Enter yes to configure the service port.

Enable Modem Control on Service Port? Enter yes if you are connecting a terminal to your GTS through a modem and you want the connection dropped when the modem hangs up.

Enter no if you are connecting a terminal directly to your router.

Enable Auxiliary port Modem-Control Ignore this-not currently available.

Select modem control method Select either carrier-detect or ring-wait.

Carrier detect is the standard method of modem control. Select this method to cause the router to wait for the carrier-detect signal from the modem before sending Request to Send (RTS).

Ring-wait is for countries that require an earlier handshake. Select this method to cause the router to wait for the ring-indication signal before asserting Request to Send and Data Terminal Ready (DTR).

Restarting the Router

When Quick Config finishes, OpenROUTE prompts you to restart your router. You may defer restarting the router to configure additional protocols and features. When you complete the configuration, however, you must enter restart for all settings to take effect.


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