Configuring Network Gateways - Black Box 16 port User Manual

Configuring network gateways

Gateways are hosts that connect Local Area Networks (LANs) together. If you want
to access a host which isn't on your local network you will be connected via a
gateway. Gateways route data via other gateways until the destination local network
is reached. There are three types:
• Default - this is a gateway which provides general access beyond your local
network.
• Host - this a gateway reserved for accessing a specific host external to your local
network.
• Network - this is a gateway reserved for accessing a specific network external to
your local network.
The unit allows you enter a maximum of twenty gateways.
Particularly useful when checking routes to/from gateways is the show routes
command;.
Active and The unit supports both active and passive gateways. The default is active. Definitions
passive of these types are as follows:
gateways
Active gateway: a gateway which is temporarily listed in the unit's routing table
Passive gateway:
See the following for how to configure gateways:
• Adding a gateway on page 59
• Deleting a Gateway on page
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(while RIP packets are received). If the unit detects that the gateway
is no longer operating (no RIP packets received) it will be deleted
from the routing table.
a gateway which is permanently listed in the unit's routing table. It
is thus always available.
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