Allied Telesis AR700 SERIES Software Release 2.7.1 - Manual (Page 32)

32 AR700 Series Router User Guide
Software Release 2.7.1
C613-02047-00 REV A
Using the GUI for AR725/745 Routers:
Navigation and Features
The GUI consists of a large number of pages, which you navigate between using
the menu on the left of the browser window. This section describes how to use
the GUI, and gives an overview of its functionality.
The screenshots and descriptions in this section apply only to AR725 and
AR745 routers. The GUI on the AR750S also contains pages for configuring
switch ports.
The Configuration Menu
You can use the GUI to configure:
• the system identity and mail server
• the system time, or NTP (Network Time Protocol)
• triggers, to automatically run scripts at a time you specify or in response
to events you specify
• ping polling, to monitor device reachability and respond to changes in
reachability
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
• 802.1x port security
• Quality of Service, to prioritise packets and manage bandwidth
• speed and duplex setting of the Eth ports
• PPPoE connections
• PPP dial-up connections over ISDN, and leased-line connections over
synchronous interfaces (on routers with an appropriate PIC card
installed)
• Internet Protocol: interfaces, static routes, the preferences of dynamic
routes, RIP, multicasting, and OSPF
• the DHCP server, to dynamically assign IP addresses to hosts in your
LAN
• IPX
Using Configuration Pages
Most protocols are configured by creating or adding an entry - an IP route, a
PIM interface, and so on. For such protocols, configuration with the GUI is
based on sets of three pages: first you see a “summary” page, and from that
you access an “add” page and a “modify” page. Complex protocols are sub-
divided into different tabs, each with their own summary, add and modify
pages.
Only one person can configure a particular router with the GUI at a time, to
avoid clashes between configurations. Monitoring and diagnostics pages can be
viewed by more than one user at a time.