Contacting Ascend Customer Service

Important safety instructions

How to use this guide

What you should know

Documentation conventions

Manual set

What is a Pipeline?

System requirements

Pipeline features

Remote management

Multiple networking protocols

Security

Bandwidth optimization

Integrated analog and digital capabilities

Configuration methods

QuickStart

Java-Based Pipeline Configurator (JBPC)

On-board software

ISDN basics

Basic Rate Interface (BRI)

Integrated digital and analog services

Connecting to a switch

Local and remote networks

How the Pipeline establishes connections

Using Dial-up Networking versus using a Pipeline

Using dynamically assigned IP addresses

Setting up private network addresses

Using Network Address Translation (NAT)

Possible changes to your application settings

Setup guidelines

Identifying the different units

Pipeline 50 and 75

Pipeline 85

Pipeline components

Hardware and interfaces you need to supply

An ISDN line

Telephone equipment and cables

An external network terminator (S-interface only)

A computer with a serial port

A modem cable

An Ethernet interface

Software you need to supply

Networking software

TFTP server software

Communications software

Installation steps

Connecting to an ISDN line

Connecting a U-interface Pipeline

Connecting an S-interface Pipeline

Connecting the Ethernet

Connecting to a network

Connecting to a 10Base-T network with a hub

Connecting to a Thinnet network

Connecting to the Terminal port

Connecting a UNIX workstation

Optional serial connection to an IBM-compatible computer

Optional serial connection to a Macintosh computer

Connecting telephone equipment

Starting up the Pipeline

Reading the Pipeline LEDs

Mounting the Pipeline on a wall

Overview

TCP/IP information

ISDN or Frame Relay information

Routing information

IP routing information

IPX routing information

AppleTalk routing

Bridged connections

Entering your settings

Installing the JBPC

Opening the JBPC

Running the QuickStart utility

Connecting to the Pipeline

Using the configuration panels

Updating the Pipeline configuration

Saving the configuration to a file

Opening the Monitor

Accessing the JBPC online help and Networking Basics

Opening a configuration file from disk

Establishing a serial connection to the Pipeline

Establishing a Telnet connection

Menus and status windows

Finding information in the menus

Opening a menu

Changing parameters with text entries

Setting parameters with predefined values

Saving or discarding your changes

Status windows

Entering a basic configuration

Filling in the Configure menu

Setting up Network Address Translation (NAT)

Additional IPX settings

Additional Frame Relay settings

Performing a self-test

Manually dialing the remote network

Securing the Pipeline

Setting up a TCP/IP network

Basic TCP/IP settings

Setting up TCP/IP in Windows 95

Setting up TCP/IP on a Macintosh

Sample Pipeline configuration data

Sample ISDN information

Sample remote network information

Setting up IP routing using QuickStart

Setting up IP routing in the Configure menu

Establishing a serial connection in Windows 95

Entering configuration information

Telneting into the Pipeline

Setting up Network Address Translation (NAT)

Securing the Pipeline

Configuration with a touch-tone telephone

Prerequisites

Configuring the Pipeline

Automatic switch and SPID detection

Completing the configuration

Configuring your computer to match the Pipeline settings

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