Here is the guide again....... Bibek ****************************************************** Jeremy, This was a very good way to figure out why your Pipeline was dialing out. However, for people that do not have access to a Linux box or a Solaris with 'tcpdump' or 'snoop', there is an utility in the Ascend 50, 75, 85, 130 and the Maxes, that let you figure out what packets are bringing up the connection. Go to the Diagnostic mode (^D + D), and type 'wdd'. This is a toggle switch for Wan Data Dialout Display. With this enabled, you can see the traces for packets that are bringing up the connection. In most cases you will either see a 'OLD-STYLE Padded' or an 'IP-Packet' (assuming IP routing) that brings up the connection. There is a very good site that you can go to decipher the 'Old-Style Padded' packets: <A HREF="http://www.connectnet.com/support/isdn/pipeline-dial.html">http://www.connectnet.com/support/isdn/pipeline-dial.html</A> For the IP-Packets though please follow the following template: WD_DIALOUT_DISP: chunk 27396E type IP. (task: 273B10, time: 6243.58) 40 octets @ 2B1C28 [0000]: 00 C0 7B 71 E7 82 00 60 97 1C 04 46 08 00 45 00 [0010]: 00 28 F0 5E 40 00 7F 06 F2 16 AC 1F FA 72 CC 98 [0020]: A6 2F 08 45 00 15 0B 82 The first twelve bytes on line [0000] (00 - 46) are the source and dest MAC addresses. You may disregard these if you do not have a list of MAC addresses for your workstations. Byte 13 and 14 (08 00) on line [0000] indicate that this is an IP packet. On line [0010], byte 8 (06) indicates that this is a TCP packet (you will see 11 (hex for 17) for a UDP packet). Bytes 11-14 (AC 1F FA 72= 172.31.250.114) indicates the source IP address. Byte 15-16 on [0010] and 1-2 on [0020] are the destination IP addresses (C0 A8 01 01 =192.168.1.1). Bytes 3-4 on [0020] indicates the Source Port (08 45 =2117) and 5-6 indicates the Destination port (00 15 = 21). This is all the info any one would need to create IP call filters. With the above packet as an example: Ethernet>Filters>IP Call> Outfilters> Outfilter1... Valid= Yes Type = IP Generic... IP... Forward = No Protocol = 6 (17 for UDP) Src Prt Comp = Eql Src Port# = 21 Ethernet>Filters>IP Call> Outfilters> Outfilter2 .. Valid = Yes Type = Generic Generic... Forward = Yes Everything stays default. [THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IMPLIES THAT EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE ONE FILTERED OUT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PASS. IT MAY BE BETTER TO PU THIS IN AS OUTFILTER12 JUST IN CASE YOU ADD SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE]. Then: Ethernet>Connection>'My_Profile'>Session Options... Call Filter = 1 This is important because without this the filter you create will not be implemented. Now reset you pipeline and it will be very happy (with the appropriate filters).. Enjoy it and hopefully this will help a LOT of you save on your telephone bills. Bibek -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Bibek Ghosh Technical Support Engineer II Ascend Communications | e-mail: bghosh@ascend.com ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11463.html">(ASCEND) Equiv to modemdiag for TNT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11460.html">Re: (ASCEND) Using wddialout to troubleshoot excessive dialing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11316.html">Re: (ASCEND) filters</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11314.html">(ASCEND) MAX2000 dialout to NT-RAS with MS-CHAP</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11461"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd265.html#11461"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>