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4IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideOther Devices SetupThe Menu InterfaceCommand Line Interface (CLI)Troubleshooting & MaintenanceCabling G

94IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideConfigThis is the modem’s setup string. There are afew examples at the end of this document.Note: Leave

95The Menu InterfaceThe parameters are as follows:Auth HostThe IP name or address of the authenticationhost to validate incoming users.AuthenticationP

96IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideLog UsernameThe logger’s user name for gaining access to thelog file on the host.Log FileThe pathname of t

97The Menu Interface9.7 GatewayMenuThe Gateway Menu allows the IOLAN+ to make use of agateway (I P router) on the network. This allows flexibleintern

98IOLAN + - User and Administration Guidehost The Destination field is a host IP address andonly packets for that host are allowed acrossthe gatewa

99The Menu Interface9.10 Lines MenuThis option allows the administrator to configure all of theparameters for any of the ports. The parameters access

100IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideFlow ControlThe Flow Control section shows and allows changes to theflow control fields as described in T

101The Menu InterfaceOptionsThe Options section shows and allows changes to theOptions fields as described in The Port Menu - OptionsSection above.**

102IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide9.14 ServerConfigurationMenuThis menu allows the user to define all of the main IOLAN+system parameters.*

103The Menu InterfaceEthernetaddressThis field defines the globally unique ethernetaddress of IOLAN+. This address can not bealtered and matches the

5Introduction1.3 GettingSupportIf you encounter problems during setup or generalmaintenance, you can contact your supplier for support. Yourrequest m

104IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideDownloadingBoot hostThis field should only be filled in if theAdministrator wishes to download a newfirmw

105The Menu Interface9.15 StatisticsScreensThe statistics screens are used for troubleshooting only. Thismain screen shows the sub-menus that can be

106IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide

107Command Line InterfaceCommand Line Interface AThis section outlines the use of the command line interfaceas opposed to the menu system. The IOLAN

108IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe user may now type in any of the indicated topics andpress the return key. This gives more information

109Command Line Interface2. Enter set server. This will lead you to:ADMIN:IOLAN> set serverType ‘?’ at prompt to see list of valid options;<Esc

110IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe command will use telnet or rlogindepending on what is set in the Options sectionof the Port Menu.Exam

111Command Line InterfaceSome configuration parameters only come intoeffect after the user has exited and re-enteredIOLAN+ (e.g. the name field).FACR

112IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideLOCKSyntax:lockDescription: This function allows the user to lock his terminalusing a specific password.

113Command Line InterfaceDescription:This function allows the user to save the IOLAN+configuration to a specified host machine andfile. The configura

6IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe IOLAN+ hardware features:• 4, 8 or 16 serial lines, each fully configurablewith port speeds of up to 11

114IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe modem commands are taken from the ModemConfig field of the Remote site devices menu.set termThis func

115Command Line Interfaceset serverThis function allows the administrator to alterthe IOLAN+ set-up including initial IP addressand name.set slip [IP

116IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe show statistics command is used to displayany of the IOLAN+ statistics for troubleshootingonly (tcp,

117Troubleshooting & MaintenanceTroubleshooting & Maintenance BIf you encounter problems when installing or using yourIOLAN+, try the suggest

118IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideFaulty terminalTry a known working terminal on the IOLAN+ port.Wrong port onterminalMany terminals have m

119Troubleshooting & MaintenanceB.2 PrinterProblemsYou can check some of the same problem notes in theterminal section because most are applicable

120IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideConfigurationWrongThe first method to test this is to check the IOLAN+ Statistics- Users Status screen.

121Troubleshooting & MaintenanceTesting the portThe first thing to ascertain is that you can talk to the modem.Check this by telneting to the port

122IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideNetwork errorsTry 'pinging' the IOLAN+ to establish connection.Network cableproblemsCheck the n

123Troubleshooting & Maintenance1. Self-test2. Diagnostics3. Monitor4. Download5. Resetq. Quit and boot server firmwareSelf-testThis is for troubl

7Introduction• ARP or BOOTP for network based setup.• Five language menu support for English,French, German, Italian and Spanish.• Dynamic statistics

124IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideResetThis option allows several reset options including factorydefaulting and password defaulting. Optio

125Troubleshooting & Maintenance** Administrator ** SERVER STATISTICS REMOTE-ADMIN === ETHERNET ===Tx

126IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideUsersThis is a good menu for showing port and control signalstatus. You can identify status on each port

127Troubleshooting & MaintenanceNetstatThis is a good menu for determining TCP connection statusand the port access status.** Administrator **

128IOLAN + - User and Administration GuidePort StatusThis is a good screen for viewing individual port activity.** Administrator ** SERVER

129Troubleshooting & MaintenanceB.7 Using SNMPSNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol. Afull description of SNMP is beyond the scope o

130IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide

131Cabling GuideCabling Guide CThe following guide describes pinouts and cables for boththe IOLAN+ (DB25) and IOLAN+ (RJ45) units. Bothunits are wir

132IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideC.1 RS-232Pinouts (DTE)2378201456Figure 56: IOLAN+ DB25 connector.1234567820Protective groundTransmitted

133Cabling Guide18765432Figure 58: IOLAN+ RJ45 Connector.12345678Data carrier detectRequest to sendData set readyTransmitted dataReceived dataSignal

8IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideAUIPOWER90-200V AC 50-60Hz 2amp fuseIOBASE2 IOBASE-T1 2 345 6 7 8 9 10Serial PortsFigure 2: Hardware descr

134IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideC.2 StandardModemCables1234567820IOLAN+DTE(DB25)Modem DCE(DB25)1234567820GndTXD RXDRTS CTS DSRGnd

135Cabling GuideC.3 StandardTerminal/PCCables237IOLAN+DTE(DB25)Terminal DTE(DB25)237TXD RXDGndTXD RXD GndFigure 62: IOLAN+ Standard Terminal/PC

136IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideC.4 Printer/TerminalCable forHardwareFlow Control23720IOLAN+DTE(DB25)Printer DTE(DB25)2357TXD RXD CTSGnd

137Technical SpecificationTechnical Specification DPowerRequirementsInput tolerance: 110-230V AC ±10%Frequency tolerance:47-63HzPower consumption:30W

138IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideInterfacesSerial: 8 or 16 RS-232 ports (optional RS-422for IOLAN+) with surgesuppression and full modem c

vIndexIndexAAccess Menu 91Administration Menu 16, 89ARP 12, 109AuthenticationHost 38Modems 37, 94Overview 37Port 39User 38User servic

viIOLAN + - User and Administration GuideKKill command 98LLines Menu 99Logging 42Menu 94Modems 37, 94Overview 37Windows 43LPDConfigur

viiIndexPowerrequirements 137PrintersIoland printing 53LPD printing 53Problems 119RCP printing 62Printing 53Hunt groups 55, 60, 65LPD

viiiIOLAN + - User and Administration GuideWWindows®authentication 43Logging 43WINS Server 35

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9IntroductionSoftwaredescriptionThe IOLAN+ comes with the Chase CD. This CD containsthe latest ‘released’ firmware and the redirector software forUni

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10IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide1.5 Packing ListThe following is a check list of the contents of yourIOLAN+ package:1 IOLAN+ communication

11Installing your IOLAN+IOLAN+ Installation 2Below is a step-by-step guide on how to configure IOLAN+.You can also reference the IOLAN+ Quick Start G

12IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe green indicators next to each Ethernet connector (or front forrack units) indicate which connector is

13Installing your IOLAN+Here is the sequence to use:arp -s 205.17.209.8 00:80:D4:00:33:4etelnet 205.17.209.8password>local>At the password promp

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14IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe next prompt displayed is local>, which is the CommandLine Interface (CLI) prompt.Note:If there are

15Installing your IOLAN+ CONNECTIONS MENU REMOTE-ADMIN Connection Host

16IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide Connection Host 1 *** FREE ** === Comman

17Installing your IOLAN+Select the Password field and press the key. Use thefactory default password here: this is iolan (no caps).Note: This pass

18IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide** Administrator ** SERVER CONFIGURATION REMOTE-ADMIN Name [IOLAN

19Installing your IOLAN+ Subnet mask [ ] Ethernet address [00:80:d4:00:9e: == Commands ===ernet interface [AUTO ] Langu

20IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideAll of the procedures are based around the Port Setup Menu.This is accessed through the Administration Men

21Installing your IOLAN+Flow Control: Defines the various flow control options used byIOLAN+. This section is always used.IP Addresses: Deals with re

22IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideConnecting viaBOOTP (for Unixsystems only)IOLAN+ supports BOOTP which allows the communicationsserver to d

23Installing your IOLAN+This allows the administrator to configure one IOLAN+, saveits configuration and automatically configure subsequentunits via b

iContentsContents1 Introduction 11.1 About this Guide 31.2 On-line Documentation 41.3 Getting Support 51.4 IOLAN+ 51.5 Packing List 102 IOLAN+ Install

24IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThis uploads the communications server port configurations tothe host in a format that can be downloaded a

25Terminals on Multi-user SystemsTerminals on Multi-user Systems 3IOLAN+ is used extensively for connecting terminals,printers and modems on multi-us

26IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide** Administrator ** PORT SETUP MENU REMOTE-ADMIN Hardware

27Terminals on Multi-user SystemsMonitor DSR: You can set this field to Yes if you wire theterminal’s DTR signal pin 20 to the IOLAN+DSR signal pin 6

28IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide3.3 Making aConnectionIf you are using initiated connections, you will not see theIOLAN+ menus. Instead,

29Terminals on Multi-user SystemsNote: At this point, check the host table again for correctentries, then check the network connection and hostmachine

30IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe TERM fieldThe TERM field can be used to pass the terminal typeinformation to the host. The terminal t

31Setting up Dial-in Modem PortsSetting up Dial-in Modem Ports 4This section will review the configuration necessary to createdial-in connections. I

32IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe following fields are important:Monitor DCD:With this flag set to Yes, IOLAN+ will monitorData Carrier

33Setting up Dial-in Modem PortsAccess: Set this field to Dynamic. This sets the port ofthe terminal server to listen for data on both theRS-232 side

iiIOLAN + - User and Administration Guide6 Dial-Out Modem Ports Setup 456.1 Configuration 456.2 The Host 466.3 Routing 476.4 Remote Access Systems

34IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide** Administrator ** REMOTE SITE DEVICES SCREEN REMOTE-ADMIN Type [port3

35Setting up Dial-in Modem PortsMy IP Address is : 204.17.209.7Your IP Address is : 204.17.209.210The Subnet Mask is : 255.255.255.0With this example,

36IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideMOTD A Message of the Day (MOTD) can be displayed beforelogin. This is setup from the Server Configuratio

37Modem Authentication & LoggingModem Authentication & Logging 5IOLAN+ provides authentication support to validate usersconnecting to the ser

38IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide5.1 UserAuthentication/LoggingTo improve access security, IOLAN+ has a mechanism forauthenticating users b

39Modem Authentication & LoggingAuthentication Port: The TCP service to be used forauthenticating users. Normally this is setto 23 for Telnet.Log

40IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideLog Username: The User ID IOLAN+ will use to log in tothe authentication host and log messages.This user n

41Modem Authentication & LoggingUser servicesauthenticationThis is used to provide services based upon the dial-inuser’s name.For example, user Ma

42IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide# Everybody else gets PPP with a dynamic addressDEFAULT PasswordFramed-Protocol = PPPNote: When using adva

43Modem Authentication & LoggingTue Jan 17 12:03:22 GMT 1997: server earth logger startedTue Jan 17 12:03:22 GMT 1997: server earth is aliveTue Ja

iiiContentsAppendicesA Command Line Interface 107B Troubleshooting & Maintenance 117C Cabling Guide 131D Technical Specification 137Index vFigures

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45Dial-out Modem Ports SetupDial-Out Modem Ports Setup 6Dial-out ports can be just a simple Unix outbound cu callor IOLAN+ can act as a dial-out rou

46IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe following fields are important:Access: Set the Access field to Dynamic (dial-in or out)or Remote (dial

47Dial-out Modem Ports SetupFor dial-outconnections onWindows®systemsCheck our FTP sites for the latest information on dial-outconnections (under the

48IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide6.4 RemoteAccessSystemsThis screen is used to define a remote system (up to 16entries per IOLAN+), a phone

49Dial-out Modem Ports SetupService type: This specifies which protocol will be used whenthe link is established to the remote site.Choices are PPP,

50IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide\t phone# (sends the telephone numberfield).\d send the modem’s dial command\\ escapes to ‘\’.\b send a br

51Dial-out Modem Ports SetupThe following fields are important:Type: The name of the modem assigned to a specificport. It is referenced from the Remo

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53PrintingPrinting 7There are three methods of printing from your IOLAN+: ioland,LPD, or RCP. ioland is the recommended method, howeverthis will dep

ivIOLAN + - User and Administration Guide30 Port Setup Menu. 7931 Administration Menu. 8932 Administration Menu (password level). 9033 Access menu

54IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe following fields are important:Flow ctrl: Set your IOLAN+ port flow control to Hardware.Then set your

55PrintingTips Hunt groups: Hunt groups are supported on IOLAN+ forprinting. To use this, use the same number inthe Port Setup local port field (i.e.

56IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideName: The LPD client, as a reference to the printer, willuse what you assign here. This is the printerqueu

57Printing2.The name of the terminal server followed by a portnumber. For example if the queue name isserver_name9 (or server_name09) then serial por

58IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideUnder Windows® the printer will be available from within otherapplications via the File option of the Wind

59PrintingTo overcome this the local host must perform all of thenecessary changes and then send these to the terminalserver. Defining a printer queu

60IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideIf the lpsystem command is not performed, the lpadmincommand will return an error indicating that the syst

61PrintingConfiguration** Administrator ** PORT SETUP MENU REMOTE-ADMIN Hardware Flow ctrl

62IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideLocal port: The INETD process running on the terminalserver for this port is listening for TCP/IPconnectio

63Printingc. Find the interface shell script for this printerand copy it to a file with the suffix ‘.orig’. usingthe example:cp hpjet hpjet.origd. Cop

1IntroductionIntroduction 1Thank you for purchasing the Chase Research IOLAN+ orIOLAN+ Communications Server. IOLAN+ is a uniqueEthernet TCP/IP comm

64IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideRCP printing on aspooler systembased on BSDUnix.Currently, the RCP printing utility will not work if the o

65PrintingThen the line:rcp $TMP <IOLAN name>:tty<port number>becomes:rcp $TMP iceland:tty8Some Unix systems may require the fullpathname

66IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide

67Other Devices SetupOther Devices Setup 8IOLAN+ is a very versatile product and can handle a lot ofcreative applications. This section deals with s

68IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide** Administrator ** PORT SETUP MENU REMOTE-ADMIN Hardware

69Other Devices SetupThis will start the ioland process in permanent mode andcreate a device in /dev. If you are not familiar with theioland program,

70IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThere are three mandatory arguments the daemon requires tomediate between the client and server port:Serve

71Other Devices Setup-hHangs up the pseudo-tty if the TCP connection is lost. Thismimics the situation in which a real serial port loses asignal such

72IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide-oUsed with the -p option. This option prevents the slavepseudo-tty from closing so as to prevent any flu

73Other Devices Setup4Reports numbers of characters being sent/received.8Displays data written to the client process.16Displays data written to IOLAN+

2IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThis configuration diagram shows many of the featuresavailable on the IOLAN+ communications server:AUIPOWER

74IOLAN + - User and Administration Guide8.3 TipsUnix NotesOn Unix variants based on System V Release 3, clients thatare interactive shell processe

75The Menu InterfaceThe Menu Interface 9This section describes the menu system and the fields withinthem. Bounce around the menu system to get your

76IOLAN + - User and Administration GuidePressing cancels the Command Options window (worksthe same as Cancel). Other than mastering the differe

77The Menu Interface Connection Host 1 *** FREE ** === Commands ===

78IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideResumeConnectionThis option only appears if there is a currentconnection open. It allows you to carry onw

79The Menu Interface9.3 Port SetupMenuThis menu allows the user to set up all of the parametersassociated with a port. The administrator can alter th

80IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideParityThis field sets the parity of the port to even, oddor none. The default parity is None.BitThis sets

81The Menu InterfaceUserThe User section defines various user parameters such asname and terminal type. Most fields are used in this section.A full d

82IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideCLI/MenuThis field defines whether IOLAN+ is using theCLI or the menu interface. If the terminal isconfig

83The Menu InterfaceDstThis is the destination IP address of the PPP/SLIPconnections. If blank, the remote host mustsupply the IP address. If filled

3Introduction1.1About thisGuideThis guide describes the features and applications of theIOLAN+ terminal/communications server from the level ofnovice

84IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideNoAccess to the administration mode is enabledfrom this port. Port will accept IP addresses.YesAccess to

85The Menu InterfaceDelThis field defines the character that generates atelnet erase character signal across the network.In addition, this key can be

86IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideAccessThis section controls the type of the connection made fromthis port. This is the most important sec

87The Menu InterfaceAuthenticationThis field defines how a user logs in. Defaultis none.NoneThis sets authentication off.LocalThis forces the incomin

88IOLAN + - User and Administration GuidePreferredIOLAN+ makes an immediate connection tothe indicated host machine and port number.The Host, Remot

89The Menu Interface9.4AdministrationMenuThe Administration Menu allows the user access to the mainconfiguration functions. All of the options can be

90IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideserverSelecting this field allows the user to view theIOLAN+ Configuration Menu.statsSelecting this field

91The Menu InterfacetrapSelecting this field will take the user into theSNMP trap function menu.9.5 Access MenuThe Access section deals with remote ac

92IOLAN + - User and Administration GuideThe parameters are as follows:SitenameThis is the IP name or IP address of the remotesite IOLAN+ will be c

93The Menu InterfaceRemote SiteDevicesLike the Remote Access Systems Screen, the Remote SiteDevices Screen also first comes up with UNUSED ENTRY(each