Re: (PM) P50 - Problems

Amir Nazary (anazary@staff.portal.ca)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:07:08 -0800

I understand completely how NAT functions, but you said in your first
post that the p50 must receive the same IP address that it expects.
Expects from where? Where in the p50's config do you config what IP
address it expects? I'm really confused now. Please help me.

pmuser@minbar.taranaki.ac.nz wrote:
>
> >
> > OK, but here is the problem: the p50 is running NAT, so the IP address
> > it expects is different from the static IP the pm3 wants to assign it.
> >
> > I can't afford to start giving these guys more than ONE ip address.
> > This sounds like a limitation with the p50. Is there nothing we can do?
> >
>
> I must admit I haven't looked at the NAT feature as we are doing this on
> a Linux box attached to the p50, but NAT is done on the ethernet side of the
> p50, what is trying to attach to the pm is the wan side of it. WIth ip routing
> turned on in the p50 you have one address (say 192.168.1.1) for the ethernet
> interface and another (say 203.97.71.77) for the isdn interface. All the
> machines on the ethernet side have addresses like 192.168.1.3. These addresses
> have NAT done on them and never go out onto the internet the address
> 203.97.71.77 goes out.
>
> >
> >
> > pmuser@minbar.taranaki.ac.nz wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > OK everyone, here we go.
> > > >
> > > > Last night, I got my RT328's working with pm3 dialing in. It does BACP
> > > > and it works like a charm.
> > > >
> > > > Now, I have a problem with the Ascend p50s. When the pm3 dials into the
> > > > p50, the p50 receives the call, but the process doesn't actually get
> > > > completed. No useable link is produced. I get a star next to one of
> > > > the "B's" on the status screen, but the pm3 just stays in the
> > > > "connecting" mode. The p50 is running NAT, and calls out to the pm3
> > > > on-demand.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Actually I've just been there done that yesterday. It is most likely a failure
> > > somewhere in the ppp negotiation. Telnet to the pm and set console,
> > > set debug 0x51 and capture the negotiation. In my case it was a lack of
> > > understanding in the ip address assigned. The ip address assigned by the pm
> > > must be the same as the ip address expected by the p50,
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I called Ascend, they are working on it. Any one of you guys/girls know
> > > > something about this?
> > > >
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