Changing an IP Address

Changing an IP Address

If another device is using a bidirectional load balancing group's dedicated IP address, you must change either the other device’s IP address or that of the load balancing group. Use the appropriate procedure below:

Changing the Other

After you change the other device's address, restart receive load

Device’s IP Address

balancing as follows:

 

1

In the Load Balancing/RSL window, select the group that had

 

 

the duplicate address.

 

2

Click Properties.

 

3

In the Properties dialog box, click OK.

 

4

In the Load Balancing/RSL window, click OK to exit the

 

 

window and restart Windows.

Changing the Group’s

1

In the Load Balancing/RSL window, select the group that has

Dedicated IP Address

 

the duplicate address.

 

2

Click Properties.

 

3

In the Properties dialog box, enter a new IP address and click

 

 

OK.

 

4

In the Load Balancing/RSL window, click OK to exit the

 

 

window and restart Windows.

Creating a VLAN

1Click the VLANs tab.

2In the VLANs window, select a NIC or group from the VLANs list and click Create VLAN.

3In the VLAN ID dialog box, type a VLAN ID number and click OK.

Valid VLAN ID numbers are from 1 – 511 and from 768 – 4095. Numbers in the range 512 – 767 are reserved.

The new VLAN is added to the VLANs list.

Windows 2003/Windows XP/Windows 2000—If you create more than one VLAN, assign a VLAN ID number to each VLAN as follows:

Right-click My Network Places and select Properties from the menu.

In the next window, right-click a VLAN and select Properties from the menu.

Click Configure.

In the NIC Properties window, click TCP/IP.

In the next window, configure the IP address and subnet mask.

Windows NT—Restart the computer when the software prompts you to do so.

Specifying Traffic Priorities

You can use the DynamicAccess Software Setup window to specify traffic priorities.

1Double-click the 3Com DynamicAccess icon in the Windows Control Panel. The DynamicAccess Software Setup window appears.

2Click the Administration tab.

3Set 3Com Advanced Server control panel access, set VLAN options, and enable efficient multicast control.

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