CONFIGURING 5
SYSTEM PARAMETERS
These configuration parameters affect system functions for the modem. Other system parameters used to manage or troubleshoot the modem (updating modem software, for example) are in Chapter 9, “Managing the Modem.”
BEFORE YOU BEGIN. . .
Determine the following before changing system parameters:
❑If secured management access is required for the modem, add users and assign one of three predefined security levels: Default, Engineer, or Super User.
❑If SNMP authentication is required, add SNMP communities with either read or write access.
❑Add the IP address for the network default router through which packets are forwarded.
❑If static routes will be used to predetermined destinations, identify the destination host or network IP address. Also, identify the next hop gateway IP address for devices on your LAN (for example, the modem LAN port IP address).
❑If spanning tree protocol is required, based on one or both of the following conditions, then enable it:
–RFC
–there are multiple bridging devices on a LAN with more than one physical path connecting them and you want to prevent loops
Otherwise, disable spanning tree protocol.
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