Figure 4.280Routing > Ip > Interface Configuration - Advantech EKI-9516P-HV User Manual

To access this page, click Routing > IP > Interface Configuration.
Figure 4.280 Routing > IP > Interface Configuration
The following table describes the items in the previous figure.
Item Description
Interface The menu contains all non-loopback interfaces that can be configured
for routing. To configure routing settings for an interface, select it from
the menu and then configure the rest of the settings on the page.
Status Indicates whether the interface is currently capable of routing IP pack-
ets (Up) or cannot route packets (Down). For the status to be Up, the
routing mode and administrative mode for the interface must be
enabled. Additionally, the interface must have an IP address and be
physically up (active link).
Routing Mode The administrative mode of IP routing on the interface.
Admin Mode The administrative mode of the interface. If an interface is administra-
tively disabled, it cannot forward traffic.
State The state of the interface, which is either Active or Inactive. An inter-
face is considered active if the link is up, and the interface is in a for-
warding state.
Link Speed Data The physical link data rate of the interface.
Rate
IP Address Configu- The method to use for configuring an IP address on the interface,
ration Method which can be one of the following:
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DHCP Client Identi- The DHCP Client Identifier (Option 61) is used by DHCP clients to
fier specify their unique identifier. DHCP servers use this value to index
their database of address bindings. This value is expected to be
unique for all clients in an administrative domain. The Client Identifier
string will be displayed beside the check box once DHCP is enabled on
the port on which the Client Identifier option is selected. This web page
will need to be refreshed once this change is made.
None: No address is to be configured.
Manual: The address is to be statically configured. When this
option is selected you can specify the IP address and subnet
mask in the available fields.
DHCP: The interface will attempt to acquire an IP address from a
network DHCP server.
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