Chapter 2: Unit Installation

Gateway Series appliance. The default username for the Gateway Series web GUI is admin, and the default password is admin.

Note: The Gateway Series appliance may also be accessed by its hostname. The hostname will be in the format of Gx00-aa-bb-cc, where x is 1 for G100, 2 for G200, 4 for G400 or 8 for G800, aa is the 6th to last and 5th to last alphanumeric of the unit’s first MAC address,

bbis the 4th to last and 3rd to last alphanumeric of the unit’s first MAC address, and cc is the 2nd to last and very last alphanumeric of the unit’s first MAC address. The MAC addresses of the Gateway Series appliance are printed on a label on the back of the unit. For example, if the first MAC address of a G200 Gateway Series appliance is B2432B187135, the hostname will be G200-18-71-35. HTTPS (e.g. https://[IP]) must be used. If you do not connect using HTTPS, a browser error will be displayed.

3.It is highly recommended that the admin password be changed using the System Administrators menu on the web GUI.

4.Next, the IP configuration options should be configured on the Gateway Series appliance. See IP Configuration on page 36.

Connecting via Statically assigned IP address

1.If a DHCP server does not exist on the network that the Gateway Series appliance will be placed on, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Gateway Series appliance's first Ethernet port, and the other end to an Ethernet connection on a computer. That computer will need to use the network configuration listed below. This step will

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