Lan/Wan Interfaces - Nortel 1500 Series Getting Started

Managing the Switch

LAN/WAN Interfaces

Interfaces
Lists the Management IP Address, LAN/WAN port, and LAN card.
IP Address
Enter an IP address for each interface on the Switch, including the LAN port. The
Switch uses these IP addresses for tunnel creation. The IP Address consists of 32
bits, which are written as four octets in dotted-decimal format as follows:
192.168.34.21
You must supply the interface IP Address configuration information, not the
Management IP Address that you already configured through the initial IP
Address configuration.
Subnet Mask
The Subnet Mask defines how many bits of the IP Address represent the network
the device is on and how many bits represent the host's ID on the network.
The device uses the Subnet Mask to determine which IP Addresses are directly
reachable on the network and which are only reachable through a gateway. A
sample IP Address is 10.2.3.3 with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.0.0. This indicates
that all hosts with addresses 10.2.n.n are directly reachable.
Default Gateway
If the routing table contains no specific route to the desired location, the Default
Gateway packets are routed onto the private network.
Type
The default configuration assigns the Management LAN interface as Private and
the LAN card interface as Public.
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