Set 709.1 Router Type; Set Node Type - adept technology GadgetGateway User Manual

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4.4 709.1/IP Gateway Setup Menu

Enter the desired name of the GadgetGateway and press ENTER. The new router name

will appear in the menu. If you press ENTER without typing in anything the previous

value is retained.

Note: If the device is in Normal mode, the assigned conﬁguration server may later change

some of the values displayed in the above menu, including the name.

4.4.6 Set 709.1 Router Type

Select [L] from the menu and press ENTER.

>>> l

Enter 709.1 Router Type:

1 = Configured

2 = Repeater

3 = Flood

Make your selection and press ENTER. The new router type will appear in the menu.

Conﬁgured: Selecting this router type will cause the GadgetGateway to ﬁlter ANSI/EIA

709.1 trafﬁc passed to the IP network. The ﬁlter rules are based on router tables set on the

GadgetGateway by a ANSI/EIA 709.1 management tool or by the serial console

Repeater: Selecting this router type causes all local ANSI/EIA 709.1 trafﬁc to the Gadget-

Gateway to pass to the IP network. Repeater mode will drop packets that fail their CRC

checks or packets that do not belong to one of the router's domains. Network management

packets addressed to the Gateway are not passed but are handled by the Gateway.

Flood: Selecting this router type cause all local ANSI/EIA 709.1 trafﬁc to the Gadget-

Gateway to pass to the IP network (except those that fail CRC) this includes network man-

agement packets. No other ﬁltering is done. In Flood mode the GadgetGateway is

completely transparent to the 709.1 channel. This enables tunneling over IP of some 709.1

networks with odd conﬁgurations. Flood type can only be conﬁgured in manual mode.

Any 709.1 networks connected to GadgetGateways in Flood Mode become one large vir-

tual subnet. In contrast with Conﬁgured and Repeater modes, Flood mode changes the

gateways into what is essentially a physical layer repeater with two major exceptions:

1) Packets with CRC errors are discarded.

2) Unlike a good physical layer repeater, the gateway can be saturated.

Note: When in Flood Mode, 709.1 network management tools will not be able to commu-

nicate with the GadgetGateway. The GadgetGateway is completely transparent to all

709.1 devices.

Select [G] from the menu and press ENTER.

>>> g

Enter Node Type:

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