Steps needed to get a PPP connection running between two ports on my Atlas 890 T1/PRI Quad card?

[dfoxhpe]

I have made the connection between the ports, 9/1 and 9/2, with the Packet Manager and Dedicated Maps but I can't get the ports to start up.  I found a Frame Relay document here but I haven't found one on how to set up a straight PPP connection. 

I am connecting the ports to two routers in the lab as I don't want to use a back-to-back connection.  The Packet Manager status at this point shows incoming traffic but the Atlas 890 is not allowing the traffic through to the other port.

Does anyone have a document that lists the steps for creating the connection with the Packet Manager and Dedicated Maps?  There was a mention in the user manual that I might need to configure the packet data ports in the Router but I don't see any way to do that unless I run PPP over FR and can then give the ports an IP address.

Thanks!

David Fox

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

David,

A PPP guide can be found here: ATLAS PPP Endpoint Creation. It's fairly similar to the Frame Relay configuration, except for the Frame Relay specific configuration. The guide specifies the ATLAS 550, but the configuration is the same for any of the ATLAS products.

One thing to keep in mind, is that the ATLAS only supports IP Routing, and does not do Bridging. So the IP network off each interface will have to be different IP networks.

Hope this helps,

Patrick

[dfoxhpe]

Patrick,

Thank you so much for this!  We are setting it up now and it is looking much better!

Regards,

David