Configuration Overview

To configure a router to run on a LAN or a WAN, you need to perform the following tasks using the Novell Internet Access Server Configuration utility (NIASCFG):

1. Configure the LAN or WAN board.
   • For a LAN board, you only need to configure the board.
   • For a WAN board, you need to configure the board and the WAN network interfaces.

   For information about configuring LAN or WAN boards, refer to Setting Up in the Boards documentation.

   For information about configuring WAN network interfaces for the NetWare^® Link/PPP^TM software, refer to Configuring a Permanent PPP Connection in the NetWare Link/PPP documentation or Configuring an On-Demand PPP Connection in the NetWare Link/PPP documentation.

2. For a WAN link, configure the PPP WAN call destination.

   For information about setting up permanent WAN call destinations, refer to Configuring a Permanent PPP Connection in the NetWare Link/PPP documentation or Configuring an On-Demand PPP Connection in the NetWare Link/PPP documentation.

3. Configure the network protocols that will run over the LAN or WAN connection.
   • For a LAN connection, you can configure the routing protocol (for the Internetwork Packet Exchange^TM [IPX^TM ] protocol and TCP/IP protocol), tunneling (for IPX and AppleTalk*), filtering, static routes (for TCP/IP only), and other expert configurations.
   • For a WAN connection, you can configure the routing protocol (for IPX and TCP/IP), tunneling (for IPX and AppleTalk), filtering, static services or routes (for on-demand links), and other expert configurations.

4. If necessary, configure the source route bridge.
5. Bind the network protocols, or source route bridge, to the network interfaces through which you want them to connect.