IP Addressing Basics

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Ethernet interface. This IP address is the source IP address for router-generated packets going out unnumbered interfaces. The router's routing tables and default gateway settings take care of getting the data traffic to the correct remote destinations. Therefore, although you cannot PING or TELNET to the WAN interface when unnumbered is in use, you can PING or TELNET the router using the IP address of a numbered interface.

Unnumbered does not mean unconfigured. An OfficeConnect Remote 840 with factory default configuration will not provide an unnumbered link - you must configure the remote site local WAN IP address as unnumbered (equal to 0.0.0.0).

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