ADSL Interface Configuration

The ADSL interface uses Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) as its transport layer. The ADSL interface supports multiple virtual permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) on a single physical line.

The information that you configure for the ADSL interface must match the Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) for your ADSL connection.

To add virtual circuits, you create sub-interfaces to the ADSL interface. You can configure an ADSL sub-interface independently of the main ADSL interface: you can configure a different multiplexing method, VPI/VCI, and PPP client on the sub-interface. You can also configure a static IP address on a sub-interface, even if the main ADSL interface does not have a static IP address. Note that if a sub-interface and the main ADSL interface can use the same VPI/VCI values if one interface is configured for PPPoA and the other for PPPoE and they both use LLC multiplexing.

To Configure the Main ADSL Interface

Enter the required information:

Interface Name: This is read-only for the main ADSL interface.

Zone Name: The name of the zone to which the interface is bound.

VPI/VCI: The Virtual Path Identifier and Virtual Channel Identifier values assigned by your service provider.

Multiplexing Method: The ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) multiplexing method. Select one of the following:

VC: Virtual Circuit carries each protocol over a separate ATM VC.
LLC: Logical Link Control allows several protocols to be carried on the same ATM VC.

Protocol mode: Select BGP to enable the BGP routing protocol on the interface.

Note: You must first create a BGP instance for the virtual router to which the interface is bound.

Quality of Service (QoS): Select one of the following:

Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR)
Variable Bit Rate Non-Real-Time (VBR-NRT)

Operating Mode: (Main ADSL interface only) Select one of the following:

Auto is the default and specifies that the ADSL interface automatically negotiate the operating mode with the service provider's DSLAM.
ANSI DMT supports the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) TI.413 Issue 2 standard.
ITUDMT supports the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.992.1 standard.
G.Lite supports the ITU 992.2 standard.
ADSL2 supports the ITU 992.3 standard.
ADSL2+ supports the ITU 992.5 standard.

Annex-B Mode: (ForAnnex B models only) Select DeutschTelecom if you are connecting the Annex B model of the device to a DeutschTelecomADSL line. Otherwise, select non-DeutschTelecom.

Obtain IP using DHCP: Select this option to enable the device to receive an IP address for the ADSL interface from an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Bind to PPPoA: Select this option to bind an instance of PPPoA to the interface. Select the PPPoA instance from the drop-down list.

Create new PPPoA instance: You can configure a new instance of PPPoA, which, once saved, gets added to the drop-down list. See PPPoA Configuration.

Connect: Click this button to initiate a PPPoA session, and Disconnect to terminate the session.

Status: (Read-only) The status of a PPPoA session is indicated as either Disabled (currently inactive) or Enabled (currently in progress).

Bind to PPPoE: Select this option to bind an instance of PPPoE to the interface. Select the PPPoE instance from the drop-down list.

Create new PPPoE instance: You can configure a new instance of PPPoE, which, once saved, gets added to the drop-down list. See PPPoE Configuration.

Connect: Click this button to initiate a PPPoE session, and Disconnect to terminate the session.

Status: (Read-only) The status of a PPPoE session is indicated as either Disabled (currently inactive) or Enabled (currently in progress).

As a Member of Multi-link Interface: Select this option to sent the ADSL interface as a member of a multi-link (ML) interface.

Static IP: If your service provider has assigneda unique and fixed IP address for this interface, select this option.

IP Address/Netmask: Enter the IP Address and netmask of the interface.

Manageable: Select this option to enable management of the device using the interface IP address.

Manage IP: The logical IP address through which you can manage the device. You can set a different Manage IP address on each available interface. The Manage IP address must be on the same subnet as the physical IP address.

Management Services:

WebUI: Select this option to enable management through the Web user interface (WebUI).

SNMP: Select this option to enable the use of SNMP. The device supports the SNMPv1 protocol (described in RFC-1157) and all relevant MIB II (Management Information Base II) groups defined in RFC-1213.

Telnet: Select this option to allow management through a terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks such as the Internet. Telnet is a common way to remotely control a network device.

SSL: Select this option to allow the interface to receive HTTPS traffic for secure management of the device using the WebUI.

SSH: Select this option to enable management using a secure command shell (SCS). You can administer the device from an Ethernet connection or a dial-in modem using SCS (which is SSH-compatible). To do this, you must have an SCS client that is compatible with Version 1.5 of the SSH protocol. These clients are available for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Linux, and UNIX. The device communicates with the SCS client through its built-in SCS server, which provides device configuration and management services.

Other Services:

Ping: Select this option to allow the device to respond to ICMP echo requests, or "pings". Ping is a utility that determines whether a specific IP address is accessible or not.

Ident-reset: Services like Mail and FTP send identification requests. If they receive no acknowledgment, they send the request again. While the request is processing, there is no user access. An ident-reset restores access that has been blocked by an unacknowledged identification request.

WebAuth: (Appears only when you enter and save a static IP address and netmask.) Select this option to enable WebAuth authentication through this interface. Enter the IP address of the WebAuth server performing the authentication.

Traffic Bandwidth: The traffic bandwidth in kilobits per second (kbps) that you assign to the interface.

Egress:

Ingress:

Click OK to save your changes and return to the Interface List. Click Apply to continue configuring the interface.

To Configure an ADSL Sub-interface

Enter the required information:

Interface Name: For the ADSL sub-interface, you can select the main ADSL interface and select the subinterface suffix.