9: Device Ports
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Modem Settings: PPP Mode
3. To save settings for just this port, click the Apply button.
Negotiate IP Address If the SLC unit and/or the serial device have dynamic IP addresses (e.g., IP
addresses assigned by a DHCP server), select Yes. Yes is the default.
If the SLC advanced console manager or the modem have fixed IP addresses,
select No, and enter the Local IP (IP address of the port) and Remote IP (IP
address of the modem).
Authentication Enables PAP or CHAP authentication for modem logins. PAP is the default.
With PAP, users are authenticated by means of the Local Users and any of the
remote authentication methods that are enabled. With CHAP, the CHAP
Handshake fields authenticate the user.
CHAP Handshake The Host/User Name (for UNIX systems) or Secret/User Password (for
Windows systems) used for CHAP authentication. May have up to 128
characters.
CHAP Auth Uses For CHAP authentication, determines what is used to validate the CHAP host/
user sent by the remote peer: either the CHAP Host defined for the modem, or
any of the users in the Local Users list.
Same authentication for
Dial-in & Dial-on-Demand
(DOD)
Select this option to let incoming connections (dial-in) use the same
authentication settings as outgoing connections (dial-on-demand). If this option
is not selected, then the dial-on-demand connections take their authentication
settings from the DOD parameter settings. If DOD Authentication is PAP,
then the DOD CHAP Handshake field is not used.
DOD Authentication Enables PAP or CHAP authentication for dial-in & dial-on-demand. PAP is the
default. With PAP, users are authenticated by means of the Local Users and
any of the remote authentication methods that are enabled. With CHAP, the
DOD CHAP Handshake fields authenticate the user.
DOD CHAP Handshake For DOD Authentication, enter the Host/User Name for UNIX systems) or
Secret/User Password (for Windows systems) used for CHAP authentication.
May have up to 128 characters.
Enable NAT Select to enable Network Address Translation (NAT) for dial-in and dial-out
PPP connections on a per modem (device port or USB port) basis. Users
dialing into the SLC 8000 advanced console manager access the network
connected to Eth1 and/or Eth2.
Note: IP forwarding must be enabled on the Network > Network Settings (1 of
2) page for NAT to work. See Chapter 6: Basic Parameters on page 69.
Dial-out Number Phone number for dialing out to a remote system or serial device. May have up
to 20 characters. Any format is acceptable.
Remote/Dial-out Login User ID for dialing out to a remote system. May have up to 32 characters.
Remote/Dial-out
Password
Password for dialing out to a remote system. May have up to 64 characters.
Retype Re-enter remote/dial-out password for dialing out to a remote system. May
have up to 64 characters.
Restart Delay The number of seconds after the timeout and before the SLC unit attempts
another connection. The default is 30 seconds.
CBCP Server Allow
No Callback
For CBCP Server state, allows "No Callback" as an option in the CBCP
handshake in addition to User-defined Number and Admin-defined Number.
CBCP Client Type For CBCP Client, this selects the number that the client would like to use for
callback - either a user-defined number passed to the server (specified by the
Fixed Dial-back Number) or an administrator-defined number determined by
the server based on the login that is PAP or CHAP authenticated.
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