Nways Multiprotocol Access Services Software User's Guide Version 3.3

Using LAN Emulation Clients

This chapter describes LAN Emulation Clients (LECs). It includes the following sections:

• "LAN Emulation Client Overview"

LAN Emulation Client Overview

On the router, LECs serve the purpose of "ports" or "interfaces" on traditional routers and bridges. The router bridges and routes traffic between ports by receiving and transmitting traffic through its LECs.

LEC has two prompt levels:

1. LE Client Config> lets you enter commands that control the environment of all your LECs. The commands for this prompt level are described in "Configuring LAN Emulation Clients"

2. One of the commands, config, gets you to another prompt level, LEC Config>, at which you can enter commands to configure a specific LEC.

An explanation of commands for LAN Emulation Clients follows.