Loading The Configuration (Optional) - Patton electronics SMARTNODE 4950 Quick Start Manual

In general, the SmartNode will connect to the network via the WAN (ETH 0/0) port. This enables the SmartNode
to offer routing services to the PC hosts on LAN (ETH 0/1) port. The SmartNode 4950 Series provides an auto-
MDX feature for both Ethernet ports, so you can use a straight-through or cross-over cable to connect to a host or
a switch (see
figure 2).
1. You can check the connection with the ping command from the SmartNode to another host on the
local LAN.
172.16.1.99(if-ip)[WAN]#ping <IP Address of the host>
If the WAN address is not set to DHCP, to ping a device outside your local LAN you must first configure
Note
the default gateway. (For information on configuring the default gateway, refer to section "Set IP
addresses" in Appendix C, "Command Summary" of the SmartNode Series SmartWare Software Config-
uration Guide.)

5.0 Loading the configuration (optional)

Patton provides a collection of configuration templates on the support page at www.patton.com/smart-
node—one of which may be similar enough to your application that you can use it to speed up configuring the
SmartNode. Simply download the configuration note that matches your application to your PC. Adapt the config-
uration as described in the configuration note to your network (remember to modify the IP address) and copy
the modified configuration to a TFTP server. The SmartNode can now load its configuration from this server
Note If your application is unique and not covered by any of Patton's configuration templates, you can man-
ually configure the SmartNode instead of loading a configuration file template. In that case, refer to the
SmartNode Series SmartWare Software Configuration Guide for information on configuring the SmartNode
device.
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