Re: New PM user help - no manuals!
Travis Mikalson (tmikalson@obiwan.TerraNova.net)
Wed, 04 Dec 1996 09:46:37 -0500
Patrick Cunningham wrote:
>
> We're supporting a new ISP in our local community who 'inherited'
> a PortMaster PM-2 from their previous provider. Bad thing is the
> previous provider set up the PortMaster for them and then took
> the manuals.
>
> Well - those guys went out of business and we're stuck trying
> to configure the PortMaster to talk to us.
>
> We have a 56K connection to the Internet through an ACC Colorado
> router. We have an NT Server acting as DNS, WWW and Mail. (no
> radius - they only have about 50 subscribers)
>
> We're connected to them across town with another 56K line through
> a HP router (acting as a bridge - there is no 'routing' between us)
>
> We're having a hell of a time keeping people connected and providing
> them DNS lookups. And there are a bunch of settings in the portmaster
> pointing to their old ISP provider that we don't know how to get
> rid of. Some people get logged in OK while others later on get
> logged in and can't get any DNS lookups to work.
>
> What do we need for a minimum configuration?
>
> Here is their layout:
>
> 10 modems
> Livingston PM2 with an IP address of 208.135.133.9 (we assigned it)
> Default gateway is 208.135.133.5 (our router connecting us to the Net)
> Their assigned IP address for dialups start at 208.135.133.50
> The domain is karmak.com
> The nameserver is NS2.MCI.NET
>
> We don't need any of the other stuff about loghost, default host,
> authentification, accounting, etc.
>
> What about the 'default' routing? Do we need that in the PM settings
> and for the dialin users?
>
> We're really flying blind here and could use some help.
>
> Thanks!
> Pat.
The manuals are available online...
http://www.livingston.com/Tech/Docs/index.shtml
Adobe Acrobat is worth the download for these types of things. :)
Travis