Example: Rx1500 Services And Wan Networking - Siemens SIMATIC NET RUGGEDCOM APE Configuration Manual

allow it to communicate on VLAN1. It has also been assigned a unique subnet to its
ETH1 port.
The RUGGEDCOM APE can also access services and network management of the
RUGGEDCOM RX1500 control module at its 192.168.0.2 address. These services
include SSH, HTTP and HTTPS services for network management, DHCP, NTP and TCP
connections to chassis serial ports.
The RUGGEDCOM APE can also communicate with any hosts on interfaces lm-2-1
through lm-2-4.
Should you wish to configure the RUGGEDCOM APE to forward traffic through to the
192.168.1.0/24 network via fe-cm-1, you would need to configure 192.168.0.2 as a
default gateway.
For much the same reason, should you wish to forward traffic arriving on fe-cm-1
through to the 172.16.0.0/16 network via the RUGGEDCOM APE, you would need to
configure a route for it on the RUGGEDCOM RX1500 device and enable IP forwarding
from the Windows or Linux operating system.
Note
When operating the RUGGEDCOM APE in either switch or router mode, the
RUGGEDCOM RX1500 will issue RSTP BPDUs to the RUGGEDCOM APE.
If you do not wish the RUGGEDCOM APE to receive these BPDUs, they may be
disabled in RUGGEDCOM ROX II in the interface switch menu for the RUGGEDCOM
APE interface.
1.8.2

Example: RX1500 Services and WAN Networking

The following illustration shows how the RUGGEDCOM APE might be used in a more
complex situation in which it is routed as opposed to bridged. The use of internal
serial ports, firewalls, and port forwarding is discussed.
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1.8.2 Example: RX1500 Services and WAN Networking
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