Planning Your Ip Configuration; Ip Interface Related Information - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

9 • IP context overview
• If you need to configure a physical port, chapter 12,
chapter 14, "Serial port configuration"
• To set up the IP router contained within SmartWare, 15,
page 177 and 16, "RIP configuration"
• Related to network security requirements, 17,
essential knowledge.
• Finally, if your network shall provide better service to selected network traffic, chapter 13,
configuration" on page 137 will help you with getting in-depth knowledge about quality of service (QoS)
management with SmartWare.
The basic tasks involved in IP context configuration are described in the following sections. Many parameters
have acceptable default values, which in most cases do not need to be explicitly configured. Hence not all of the
configuration tasks below are required. Depending on your application scenario, some tasks are mandatory or
might be optional. The following tasks set up on a bottom-up approach, starting from the ports, followed by
the interfaces up to the services running on the SmartNode. The first tasks below shall help you obtaining the
necessary overview, in view of the fact that there is always a risk getting lost in details before gaining a general
understanding of the whole network.
• Planning your IP configuration (see
• Configuring Ethernet and serial ports (see
• Creating and configuring IP interfaces (see
• Configuring NAPT (see
• Configuring static IP routing (see
• Configuring RIP (see
• Configuring access control lists (see
• Configuring quality of service (see
Planning your IP configuration
Network connection considerations are provided for several types of physical ports types in the following sub-
sections. Drawing a network overview diagram displaying all neighboring IP nodes and serial connected ele-
ments is recommended. Do not begin configuring the IP context until you have completed the planning of
your IP environment.

IP interface related information

Setting up the basic IP connectivity for your SmartNode requires the following information:
• IP addresses used for Ethernet LAN and WAN ports
• IP Subnet mask used for Ethernet LAN and WAN ports
• Length for Ethernet cables
• IP addresses of central H.323 gatekeeper
• IP addresses of central PSTN gateway for H.323 and ISoIP based calls
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on page 159 may prove helpful.
on page 183 on
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page 107)
SmartWare Software Configuration Guide
"Ethernet port configuration"
"Basic IP routing configuration"
page 183 give you the necessary inside information.
"Access control list configuration"
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on page 127 or
on page 177 on
on page 193 provides
"Link scheduler

Planning your IP configuration