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Appendix D. Hints and Tips for the ATM 4-Port TR/Ethernet Bridge
Module
The ATM 4-Port TR/Ethernet Bridge Module is treated somewhat different from
most of the other modules since it requires its own configuration program and is
not configurable through the 8285 console.
The following is a collection of useful information concerning the ATM 4-Port
TR/Ethernet Bridge Module:
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_/ Nways 8285 ATM LAN Bridge module _/
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_/ Operational Code Release 2.1 _/
_/ Configurator Release 2.1 _/
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_/ September 1996 _/
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_/ The Nways 8285 ATM LAN Bridge module is an integrated version _/
_/ for the 8285 switch of the stand alone 8281 ATM LAN bridge: as _/
_/ a consequence, the 8281 product number may still appear in the _/
_/ documentation or in the configurator program menus of the Nways_/
_/ 8285 ATM LAN Bridge Module. _/
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1. Important Notices
1.1 Operational Software Versions
1.1.1 Where to Get Updates
1.1.2 What to do if operational code FLASH is corrupted.
1.2 Configuration Utility Program Installation
1.3 TCP/IP Slip Connection Setup
1.3.1 IBM DOS TCP/IP
1.3.2 Chameleon TCP/IP
1.4 Configuration Utility Program and OS/2 with TCP/IP V2.0
1.5 Configuration Utility Program and OS/2 with TCP/IP V3.0
1.6 SNMP MIB Browser′ s Handling of Octet Strings
1.7 OS/2 Japan
1.8 NWays Campus Manager
1.9 Problems with older ATM adapter code.
1.10 Migrating from Release 1 to Release 2 code
2. Release Notes
2.1 Prerequisites
2.1.1 8285 microcode version
2.1.2 ATM server with IBM 100Mbits adapter TW100 Ballpeen OS/2 driver
2.2 Network Management.
2.3 Problems with memory dump utility on PCs with less than 8M RAM.
2.4 User filter clarification.
2.5 How to connect to the bridge using a modem.
2.6 Problem w/ Configurator when bridge Max Frame Size is reduced.
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