Chapter 2 Setting Up BBSM Hotspot

Running the Setup Wizard

Table 2-2 Enter External and Internal IP Addresses Field Descriptions

 

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Network ID

Enter the external network IP address block assigned by your ISP. The number

 

 

 

 

 

 

after the slash is the subnet code for the number of IP addresses available in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

block.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Gateway

 

This IP address is automatically generated based on the external network ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

that you entered. You cannot change the first three sets of numbers in this

 

 

 

 

 

 

address. This IP address is the address of the gateway (router) assigned by the

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISP and used to access the Internet. Here’s what can and cannot be changed in

 

 

 

 

 

 

this field:

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot change the first three sets of numbers in the IP address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fourth set defaults to the number 1. You can change this fourth octet

 

 

 

 

 

 

after the Setup Wizard populates the Default Gateway based on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Network ID.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your router needs to be configured for the internal network to point to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

external NIC of the BBSM Hotspot server. If you are using a private IP address,

 

 

 

 

 

 

you will also need to create a network address translation (NAT) pool for end

 

 

 

 

 

 

users and one-to-one NAT statements for remote access to internal network

 

 

 

 

 

 

devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Network ID

This is the Network ID for the subnet that end users use to connect to the BBSM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotspot network and, through it, the Internet. The internal subnet consists of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

network devices, end-user clients (such as laptops and PDAs), and the BBSM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotspot internal NIC. The number after the slash is the subnet code for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of IP addresses available in the block.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can enter your own private network ID, or you can input a public network

 

 

 

 

 

 

ID.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary DNS Server

Enter the IP address for the primary domain name system (DNS) server

 

 

 

 

 

 

provided by your ISP. Because BBSM Hotspot is not configured as a DNS

 

 

 

 

 

 

server, DNS forwarding is enabled to forward all DNS requests to a remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNS server. BBSM Hotspot acts as a DNS forwarder for end-user DNS requests

 

 

 

 

 

 

as well as its own DNS requests. These requests, such as www.cisco.com, are

 

 

 

 

 

 

resolved into IP addresses so the Internet routers can locate the web server with

 

 

 

 

 

 

the content.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2-3 Subnet Code Conversions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

Subnet Code

IP Addresses

 

 

 

 

 

 

/29

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/28

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/27

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/26

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/25

126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/24

254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco BBSM Hotspot 1.0 User Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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