DPS Telecom NetGuardian 832A G5 User Manual page 16

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Field Description
Unit Address IP address of the NetGuardian
A road sign to the NetGuardian telling it whether your packets should stay on
Subnet Mask
your local network or be forwarded somewhere else on a wide area network.
An important parameter if you are on a network that is connected to a wide
Default
area network. It tells the NetGuardian which machine is the gateway out of
Gateway
your local network. Set to 255.255.255.255 if not using .
DNS Address IP address of the domain name server. Set to 255.255.255.255 if not using.
Defines the NetGuardian TCP ports used by data ports 1-8. The Proxy Base
identifies port 1. Data ports 2-8 receive the next 7 port numbers in ascending
Proxy Base
order. (i.e. TCP port 3000 through port 3007 at the IP address of the
NetGuardian).
DHCP Toggles the Dynamic Host Connection Protocol On or Off
Encrypted Toggles Encrypted FTP On or Off
FTP
The Base URL is the destination website address or the alarm point
Base URL
description hyperlinks. See Section "Using the Base URL Field."
MAC Address Hardware address of the NetGuardian (not editable, for reference only).
Unit has 2 network connections attached, but uses only the primary LAN
Backup Mode
(Net1). When a LAN failure occurs, the unit makes the switch to the
secondary LAN connection (Net 2) to maintain visibility.
Used with Backup Mode. Unit will revert to the primary LAN connection when
Autoswitch
the uplink is re-established.
ID The static route number. The NetGuardian G5 supports up to four.
IP addresses that match this field will be forwarded to the designated
IPA
Gateway.
Mask Subnet mask for IPA.
This field determines which where packets matching the IPA field should be
Gateway
sent. Must be on the same LAN segment as the interface.
Interface Interface to use to route packets matching IPA, Net1 or Net2.
This section shows where the NetGuardian G5 will send packets.
Routing Table
Entries in this table are determined by the Net1, Net2, and Static Routes
settings.
Table 2.C. Fields in the Edit > Ethernet > NET1/NET2settings
When using a domain name, for example for email notifications, the NetGuardian G5 will check the
domain name IP address every 6 hours, or on a failed connection to the currently active domain name
IP address. In the event of a domain name connection failure the NetGuardian will not attempt to update
the domain name IP address more frequently than every 10 minutes. This will prevent unnecessary
domain name resolution attempts in the event of a DNS failure.