Note ¯ Only 100 to 200 users can be configured in the user table and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the PortMaster. Therefore, use RADIUS for user authentication when you must configure multiple PortMaster products to handle more than a few dozen users.
Name Type Address/Host Netmask/Service RIP
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jozef Netuser negotiated 0000000000
adele Login User default Telnet
elena Netuser assigned 255.255.255.255 No
taffy Login User defaults PortMaster
john Netuser 192.168.7.8 0000000000 No
Username: elena Type: Dial-in Network User
Address: Assigned Netmask: 255.255.255.255
Command> add user Username [password Password]
Command> add netuser Username [password Password]
Note ¯ To add a network user, you must use the netuser keyword. Thereafter, you can use either the netuser or the user keyword to configure settings for the network user. You must always use the user keyword when configuring login users.
Command> set user Username password Password
Command> set user Username idle Number [minutes |seconds ]
Command> set user Username session-limit Minutes
Command> set user Username protocol slip |ppp |x75-sync
Command> set user Username address|destination assigned |negotiated |Ipaddress
Note ¯ The PortMaster 4 supports the IPX protocol if it is running ComOS 4.1 or later. IPX is not supported in ComOS 4.0.
Note ¯ Do not set a value of all 0s (zeros) or all Fs for the IPX network number.
Note ¯ ComOS 4.1 and later releases support both RIP-1 and RIP-2. Earlier releases of ComOS support only RIP-1.
Command> set user Username rip on| off| broadcast| listen| v2 { broadcast|on| v1-compatibility| multicast}
Command> set user Username maxports Number
Command> set user Username compression on |off
Keyword | Description |
on | Enables compression. The PortMaster tries to negotiate both Van Jacobson and Stac LZS compression. This is the default. |
off | Disables compression. |
Note ¯ You must define a filter in the filter table before you can apply it. For more information about filters, see Chapter 8, "Configuring Filters."
Command> set user Username ifilter [Filtername]
Command> set user Username ofilter [Filtername]
Note ¯ Filters are applied to the user the next time the user dials in.
Command> set user Username dialback Locname|none
Command> set user Username host default |prompt |Ipaddress
Command> set user Username ifilter [Filtername]
Note ¯ You must define a filter in the filter table before you can apply it. For more information about filters, see Chapter 8, "Configuring Filters."
Command> set user Username service portmaster |rlogin |telnet |netdata [Tport]
Command> set user Username dialback String|none