Plug In And Verify The Router Hardware - HP Series 200 Installation Manual

Installation
Phase 3: Prepare the Router Hardware
D. Plug In and Verify the Router Hardware
When you power up a router that is in the factory default state
you clear it by using the Clear/Reset button combination--page 2-17), the
router sends Bootp requests over all active ports for one minute.
Depending on the response from the network, the router then does one
of the following:
If the router does not receive a response from either a Quick Remote
or Bootp source within approximately one minute of receiving
power or being cleared, it configures itself as a bridge and begins
bridging operations.
If the router receives a minimal configuration over a WAN link from
a Quick Remote source, it boots itself with this configuration and
begins routing and bridging operation accordingly. (For information
on Quick Remote set-up and operation, refer to the User's Guide
shipped with your router.)
If the router receives a reply from a Bootp server, it configures itself
with the intermediate configuration contained in the reply. The
router then attempts to download a full configuration from the TFTP
server indicated in the Bootp reply message. Following download of
the full configuration, the router then reboots itself and begins
routing and bridging in accord with the full configuration. (For
information on set-up and operation with a Bootp server, refer to the
User's Guide shipped with your router.)
N o t e
When powered up in the factory default, the router, by default, begins
bridging on all ports if Smartboot does not elicit a configuration from a
remote source (described above). Thus, if the router is expected to use
Smartboot for configuration, but instead begins operating in the default
bridging mode due to some unforseen problem, there may be
unexpected effects on the adjacent networks. For this reason, it is
recommended that you attempt to identify potential network responses
to (unexpected) default bridging before powering up the router for the
first time (or clearing the router to the factory default).
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The router is shipped from Hewlett-Packard in the ''factory default'' configuration. Chang-
ing the configuration in any way and then rebooting the router replaces the factory default
with the new configuration. To return the router to its factory default, clear it by using the
Clear/Reset button combination described on page 2-17.
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