Bridging over a leased line using the P Series routers

Issue:
How to configure the Perle Series routers for bridging over a leased line.

Solution:

From the Main menu, perform a factory reset by selecting the following options:

Diagnostics menu
Full reset - yes to reset.

Login using default password "BRIDGE" (upper case) and begin the configuration as shown below:

Configuration menu
WAN set-up menu
Link set-up menu
If using P1700 series routers, you will be asked for the Physical Link number of the WAN module. ie., 1 
Frame-relay [Disabled]

Press the = key to return to main menu. Select the following menus and options.  

Configuration menu
Bridging set-up menu
Bridge Forwarding [enabled]
Spanning Tree menu
STP state [enabled]

Press the = key to return to main menu. Select the following menus and options.  

Configuration menu
LAN set-up menu
IP set-up menu
IP address   for example,  "220.10.30.2" [24]

Press the = key to return to main menu. Select the following menus and options.  

Configuration menu
IP Routing set-up
IP routing [disabled]
IP forwarding [disabled]

Press the = key to return to main menu. Select the following menus and options.  

Save configuration
Diagnostics menu
Soft Reset - select yes to reset.

Repeat the above configuration steps for the remote router. Since you are bridging traffic, make sure that the remote router's LAN IP address is part of the same subnet as the above router's LAN IP address.


Article ID:
358
Published:
7/3/2003 11:13:09 AM
Last Modified:
12/21/2004 10:19:25 AM
Issue Type:
Configuration