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Dialup Network In A Box

This is a self-contained, portable telephony network which allows us to connect and analog modems and ISDN adapters at retrocomputing events.

The setup (as of Q4/2019) consists of:

Telephony Setup

The physical setup looks like this:

Logical Setup:

This shows the logical setup including PCs and associated software:

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Ethernet Switch configuration

We have an old 16-port gigabit ethernet switch (DELL PowerConnect 2716) in our setup.

VLAN 1 (admin)

  • Port 1: untagged
  • Port 7: PC eth1 (tagged)
  • Port 8: admin laptop (tagged)

VLAN 11 (admin)

This is a "jumper" from VLAN 1 (untagged) to VLAN 11 (tagged) as the switch doesn't natively support its web interface on a tagged IP

  • Port 4: untagged
  • Port 7: PC eth1 (tagged)
  • Port 8: admin laptop (tagged)

VLAN 3999 (uplink)

  • Ports 9..16
  • Port 8: admin laptop (tagged)

VLAN 4000 (auerswald)

  • Port 2: Auerswald (untagged)
  • Port 7: PC eth1 (tagged)
  • Port 8: admin laptop (tagged)

VLAN 4001 (PM3)

  • Port 3: PM3 (untagged)
  • Port 7: PC eth1 (tagged)
  • Port 8: admin laptop (tagged)

E1 configuration

E1 ports on the atom1u machine with DAHDI + freeswitch

The ports are allocated as follows:

  • Port E1/1: Auerswald
  • Port E1/2: PM3
  • Port E1/3: Unused
  • Port E1/4: icE1usb

The ports, as well as those of the portsmaster + auerswald are brougiht out on the keystone patch panel. They must be connected as stated above using E1 cross-over cables. those have a special pin-out, and are not to be confused with Ethernet cables (straight or cross-over).

IP Network configuration

VLAN 1/11 (admin)

IP Host
192.168.2.1 dell2716 switch
192.168.2.222 admin laptop
192.168.2.254 atom1u

VLAN 3999 (uplink)

IP Host
DHCP atom1u
DHCP admin laptop

VLAN 4000 (auerswald)

IP Host
192.168.0.222 admin laptop
192.168.0.240 Auerswald Commander Basic2
192.168.0.254 atom1u

VLAN 4001 (PM3)

IP Host
192.168.3.1 Livingston Portmaster 3
192.168.3.100 telnet/rlogin host (atom1u)
192.`68.3.222 admin laptop
192.168.3.254 default-gw (atom1u)
192.168.4.0/24 PPP lease pool
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