Allied Telesis AR300 SERIES ROUTER - Manual (Page 9)

A R 3 0 0 R O U T E R Q U I C K S T A R T G U I D E 9
ORDERING ISDN IN THE USA AND CANADA
In the United States and Canada, Basic Rate ISDN is provided
using National ISDN-1, 5ESS or DMS-100 formats, all of which
are supported by the AR300 router. If National ISDN-1 is
available, you can select from a list of “Capability Packages”,
each providing different features. Contact your ISDN service
provider for more information. The AR300 router will accept
either one or two Service Profile Identifiers (SPIDs).
Note: Some ISDN service providers have lower tariffs for data-only
applications. If you do not require voice capabilities, order an ISDN
line that supports data only.
CONNECTING TO A BASIC RATE ISDN SERVICE
Warning: The factory default hardware settings described
here are correct for European Union (EU) countries. For
other countries, contact your distributor or reseller for
details of local requirements.
To connect an AT-AR300L(S), AT-AR370(S), AT-AR370(U),
AT-AR300(S), AT-AR300(U), AT-AR310(S) or AT-AR310(U)
router with a Basic Rate ISDN interface to a Basic Rate ISDN
service, follow these steps:
1 Check that the BRI hardware interface has the correct
termination for the local conditions. The AR300 router can only
operate in TE mode and is shipped with the standard 100
Ω
termination jumpers removed. This is appropriate for most
situations, where the local building wiring provides the ISDN
termination. Your distributor or reseller can advise you whether
or not termination jumpers are required.
2 Connect the supplied CAT 5 ISDN cable from the BRI
interface on the rear panel of the router to the ISDN service
provider’s termination point. In the USA and Canada this is an
ISDN line wall jack. In other countries it is an NT1.
0
CONFIG
4 3 2 1
BRI 0
PORT 1 (RS232)
PORT 0 (RS232)
Connect the supplied CAT 5 ISDN cable from the BRI 0 port on the rear panel of the
AR300 router to the ISDN service provider’s termination point.
Note: If you wish to make your own ISDN cable, see the AR Router
Hardware Reference for a detailed description of how to wire an
ISDN interface cable.
3 Check the operation by observing the state of the LEDs on
the front panel of the router.
In some territories (e.g. New Zealand and the European Union)
the Active LED will be lit if the link to the NT1 is operational. In
other territories (e.g. Australia) the Active LED will only be lit
when the router attempts a call. In this case, a simple way to
make a call is to connect a telephone to one of the voice ports,
lift the telephone handset and dial the external call prefix
number (9). A dial tone appropriate for the default territory
should be heard, and the Active LED should be lit.
The B1 and B2 LEDs will be lit as data packets are sent and
received on the B1 and B2 channels, respectively. To test this
you will need to configure a routing protocol such as IP or IPX
to use ISDN, using the router’s command line interface. See
Configuring ISDN, Configuring an IP Network and Configuring a
Novell IPX Network later in this guide for more information.
CONNECTING TO A PRIMARY RATE ISDN
SERVICE
Warning: The factory default hardware settings described
here are correct for European Union (EU) countries. For
other countries, contact your distributor or reseller for
details of local requirements.
To connect an AT-AR390 or AT-AR395 router to a Primary
Rate ISDN service, follow these steps:
1 Check that the PRI hardware interface has the correct
termination for the local conditions. The AT-AR390 and
AT-AR395 are shipped with PRI hardware pre-configured for
normal TE mode operation and with the standard termination
jumpers removed. This is appropriate for most situations. If the
PRI hardware is to be operated in a non-standard mode, contact
your distributor or reseller for assistance. The commands:
SHOW PRI STATE
SHOW PRI CONFIGURATION
display the state of the PRI interface and the modules that have
configured to use the PRI interface. In particular, check the
output of the SHOW PRI STATE command that “ISDN
Interface type” is set to “TE”. If not, contact your distributor
or reseller for assistance, or see the AR Series Router Software
Reference for more information.