Ruggedcom Ape Ethernet And Network Settings; Example: Networking In Factory Default Conditions - Siemens SIMATIC NET RUGGEDCOM APE Configuration Manual

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1.8 RUGGEDCOM APE Ethernet and network settings
1.8

RUGGEDCOM APE Ethernet and network settings

The RUGGEDCOM APE is essentially a two-port industrial computer. When the
RUGGEDCOM APE is inserted into a chassis, the first internal Ethernet port is
activated on the connector that carries power to the RUGGEDCOM APE. The
second RUGGEDCOM APE Ethernet port is available for use on the faceplate of the
RUGGEDCOM APE module.
To the RX1500 device, the RUGGEDCOM APE internal Ethernet port appears like any
other Gigabit-capable switched or routed port.
For examples of how the RUGGEDCOM APE can be configured in a RX1500 device,
refer to "Example: Networking in factory default conditions" (Page 8) and
"Example: RX1500 Services and WAN Networking" (Page 9).
1.8.1

Example: Networking in factory default conditions

The following figure illustrates how routing and switching would work when the
RUGGEDCOM APE is used in a RUGGEDCOM RX1500 chassis with a four-port Ethernet
module in LM2.
192.168.1.2/24
Figure 1.3
In the factory default condition, all Ethernet interfaces on the RUGGEDCOM RX1500
router (including the internal port of the RUGGEDCOM APE) are created as switched
ports in the default VLAN. When DHCP is configured in RUGGEDCOM ROX II, an IPv4
subnet and a gateway IP are automatically assigned to this VLAN.
In RUGGEDCOM ROX II, the default conditions for this VLAN are to use PVID 1 and to
operate untagged. The factory default creates the switch group (switch.0001) for
devices on this VLAN and creates a virtual interface 192.168.0.2/24 for devices (such
as the RUGGEDCOM APE) in switch.0001 to reach services on the control module and
network management.
In this situation, the RUGGEDCOM APE can be assigned an unused IP address
in subnet 192.168.0.0/24 and communicate with other devices in VLAN1 at a
bridging and routing level. In figure 1.3, "Example configuration" (Page 8), the
RUGGEDCOM APE ETH0 interface has been assigned an address of 192.168.0.1,
either manually by the user or automatically by a pre-configured DHCP server, to
8
switch.0001
192.168.0.2/24
fe-cm-1
Example configuration
APE ETH0
192.168.0.5/24
APE LM1
4 Port Ethernet LM2
RUGGEDCOM APE (Application Processing Engine)
Configuration Manual, 08/2023, C79000-G8976-1415-06
APE ETH1
(No pre-configured
IP address)
LM-2-1
LM-2-2
LM-2-3
LM-2-4
192.168.0.0/24