Unpack the SnapGear appliance, 192.168.0.1

STEP 1 Unpack the SnapGear appliance

Check the following items were included with your SnapGear appliance:

Power Adapter

SnapGear CD

Ethernet straight through cable (blue)

Ethernet crossover cable (either gray or red)

On the rear panel of the SnapGear appliance you will see network (LAN), Internet (WAN) and serial ports, a Reset button, and a power inlet.

The SME570 and SME575 have an additional network port, labeled DMZ.

The front of the SnapGear appliance contains activity LEDs (lights) that vary slightly between models. These provide information on the operating status of your SnapGear appliance.

Note: The Power LED is ON when power is applied (use only the SnapGear Power Adapter packaged with the unit).

The System/Heart Beat LED flashes when the SnapGear appliance is running.

If these LEDs do not behave in this manner, you may need to contact customer support.

STEP 2 Set up a PC to connect to the SnapGear Management Console

The SnapGear appliance ships with initial, static IP settings of:

IP address:	192.168.0.1
Subnet mask:	255.255.255.0

Note: The Internet/WAN and DMZ interfaces are by default inactive, i.e. there are no network services such as DHCP in operation, and no IP address is configured.

Your SnapGear appliance will need an IP address suitable for your LAN before it is connected. You may choose to use the SnapGear appliance’s initial network settings as a basis for your LAN settings.

Connect the supplied power adapter to the SnapGear appliance.

Connect the SnapGear appliance’s LAN Ethernet port directly to your PC’s network interface card using the crossover cable (red or gray).

Note: If you wish to use the SnapGear appliance’s initial network settings as a basis for your LAN settings, you may connect it directly to your LAN hub using the straight through Ethernet cable (blue).

Before doing so, it is critical that you ensure there are no other devices on the LAN with an address of 192.168.0.1.

Next, you must modify your PC’s network settings to enable it to communicate with the SnapGear appliance.

Click Start ->Settings ->Control Panel and double click Network Connections (or in 95/98/Me, double click Network).

Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties.

Note: If there is more than one existing network connection, select the one corresponding to the network interface card to which the SnapGear appliance is attached.

Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties (or in 95/98/Me, TCP/IP ->your network card name if there are multiple entries) and

click Properties.