Nortel Networks BSG12ew User Manual

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Installation
Hardware overview
The Business Services Gateway 8-port (BSG8ew) and Business Services Gateway 12-port 
(BSG12ew/aw/tw) are integrated multiservice gateway products that provide application-level 
support for voice, data, and video.
The three product variations offered for the BSG12ew/aw/tw are the BSG12ew with Ethernet 
WAN, BSG12aw with ADSL/ADSL2+WAN, and BSG12tw with T1/E1 WAN. These products 
are similar in design and differ only in their WAN interfaces. For more information, see 
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The BSG8ew supports up to 50 users. The BSG12ew/aw/tw supports up to 100 users.
The BSG8ew and BSG12ew/aw/tw provide a high-level security set of data features for direct 
connectivity to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The BSG8ew and BSG12ew/aw/tw support:
Line-rate forwarding
Layer-2 ethernet switching
Stateful firewall
Multi-scope Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Virtual Private Network (VPN) application
Integrated 802.11 b/g WiFi Access point providing WPA and WPA2 access
Survivable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Proxy and SIP Registrar
SIP User Agent (UA) to connect POTS to VoIP networks
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Advanced application-aware QoS capabilities
Web User Interface (WebUI)
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
OSPFv2 and RIP for dynamic routing
Stateless firewall
SNMPv3
Product structure
The BSG8ew and the BSG12ew/aw/tw have the following components and field-replaceable units 
(FRU).
Components
The BSG8ew ships with the following components: 
BSG8ew