Configuring The Wan Interface - Motorola WS2000 System Reference Manual

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Again, Leo fills out the advanced DHCP screen as he did for the two previous subnets. Leo clicks the Ok
button on the Advanced DHCP Server window, then the Apply button on the subnet window.
The next step is to configure the WAN interface.

12.20 Configuring the WAN Interface

Next Leo configures the WS2000 WAN interface. This interface connects the WS2000 switch to the VPN
appliance and, through that appliance, to the Internet.
Leo enables the WAN interface, but leaves the DHCP Client option disabled. Instead of using DHCP to get
address information for the switch, he enters the permanent information which he previously obtained from
the corporate network administrator. He enters the IP address for the switch, the gateway address (in this
case, the VPN appliance), and the IP addresses of the corporate primary and secondary DNS servers.
The corporation has a frame relay link between this office, the corporate network and the Internet. If the
connection to the WAN had been through a DSL link, the account information would be entered in the PPP
over Ethernet section on the bottom of this screen. Since it will not be needed, Leo makes sure that the
Enable check box in the PPP Over Ethernet section is not checked.
Leo has three addresses for this switch. He plans to use one address for the traffic from each of the subnets.
He clicks the More IP Addresses button and enters the other two IP addresses: