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Last modified: December 20, 1996
Internet Access for Workstation/PC where ISP assigns a dynamic single IP address
192.68.135.1
204.5.1.1
W/S
192.68.135.3
DNS
Prestige
ISP Gateway
[dynamic address]
192.68.135.2
Note: The IP address shown above are examples only!
This configuration note explains how to set up a workstation on your network to use the Prestige to
connect to the Internet via an ISP. In this configuration, the user has a single user Internet account which
will assign one IP address dynamically. Notice that with this configuration, all stations on the network
will be able to access the Internet, but they will be ‘hidden’ from the outside. That is, from the ISP’s point
of view, they will only be able to ‘see’ the single IP address (in this case, the one dynamically assigned)
There will be two items that you need to set up. These are the workstation and the Prestige.
I. Workstation Setup
To set up the workstation (W/S), you will need to set the following parameters:
• IP Address - the IP address assigned to the workstation itself, in the above example,
‘192.68.135.1’
• Subnet Mask - the subnet mask used for your network. Class C networks generally use a 24-bit
netmask, ‘255.255.255.0’.
• DNS (Domain Name Server) Address - the IP address of the server station on your network that
acts as the DNS. In the above example, ‘192.68.135.2’. Please note that some networks will not
have a DNS. In this situation, you will need to obtain the IP address of a remote DNS from the
ISP.
• Default Gateway - the IP address of the station or device on your network that acts as a default
gateway. That is, any packets without an implicit route to their destination IP address will be
routed to the default gateway. Since the Prestige is connecting to the Internet, the default
gateway in this case would be the IP address of the Prestige, ‘192.68.135.3’.
The procedure for configuring these parameters for your workstation may differ depending on the
type of TCP/IP networking software you are using on your workstation. If you are unfamiliar with
how to set these parameters, you can refer to the technical notes corresponding to your software.
• Trumpet Winsock Windows 3.1 Workstation Setup - see section ‘Internet Access’
• Chameleon LAN Setup - see section ‘Internet Access’
• Windows 95/NT - see section ‘Internet Access’
• MacTCP Setup
II. Prestige Setup
In order to configure your Prestige for this application, make sure you have the following menus
configured correctly.
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Note that the fields are indicated in bold type.
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Menu 1:
Menu 1 - General Setup
System Name= P2864I
Location= San Jose
Contact Person's Name= CC
Route IP= Yes
Route IPX= N/A
Route AppleTalk= N/A
Bridge= No
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
• In menu 1, make sure the Route IP field is set to ‘Yes’.
Menu 2:
Menu 2 - ISDN Setup
Switch Type= Northern Telecom Custom
B Channel Usage= Switch/Switch
1st Phone #= 5551212
SPID #= 408555121200
Analog Call= Modem
2nd Phone #= 5551213
SPID #= 408555121300
Analog Call= Voice
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
• In menu 2, set your switch type, phone numbers, and SPIDs (if necessary).
• After saving this menu, you will be asked if you want to perform an ISDN connection test. Select
‘Yes’ to perform the test. If the test fails, refer to the User’s Manual Troubleshooting section for
corrective action.
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Menu 3.2:
Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP Ethernet Setup
IP Address= 192.68.135.3
IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0
RIP Direction= Both
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
• In menu 3.2, the IP Address and IP Subnet Mask field must be set correctly in order for your
workstation to communicate with your Prestige.
Menu 4:
Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup
ISP's Name= My_ISP
ISP IP Addr= 204.4.5.1
Pri Phone #= 5551212
Sec Phone #=
My Login= username
My Password= ********
Single User Account= Yes
IP Addr= 0.0.0.0
Server IP Addr= 192.68.135.2
Transfer Type= 64K
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
Telco Option:
• The ISP IP Addr field should be set to the ISP Gateway address. This address is supplied by
your ISP.
• Pri Phone # is the number your Prestige has to dial in order to access your ISP. This number is
supplied by your ISP.
• My Login and My Password is the login information provided by your ISP.
• Since you have a single user Internet account, Single User Account should be set to ‘Yes’.
• For the IP Addr field, since the IP address will be dynamically assigned, enter ‘0.0.0.0’ or you
can leave this field blank.
• Server IP Addr should have the IP address of the server station on your network. Please note
that this configuration will only work if you have one server on the network. In our example, the
DNS is our server, so we would enter ‘204.5.1.2’. If you do not have a server station on your
network, just leave this field blank.
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• After saving this menu, you will be asked if you want to perform an Internet connection test.
Select ‘Yes’ to perform the test. If the test fails, refer to the User’s Manual Troubleshooting
section for corrective action.
Menu 11:
Menu 11 - Remote Node Setup
1. My_ISP (ISP)
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
Enter Node # to Edit:
After you have configured and saved menu 4, you should see that you have created a remote node in
menu 11. You can perform more advanced configuration options to this remote node in this menu.
In addition, you can make manual calls to the Internet by using the Manual Call option in menu 24.4
and selecting the corresponding ‘(ISP)’ remote node.
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