Lantronix SLC 8000 manual Gateway, Hostname & Name Servers

6: Basic Parameters

Enable IP Forwarding

IP forwarding enables network traffic received on one interface (Eth1, Eth2, or an external/USB modem attached to the SLC unit with an active PPP connection) to be transferred out another interface (any of the above). The default behavior (if IP forwarding is disabled) is for network traffic to be received but not routed to another destination.

Enabling IP forwarding is required if you enable Network Address Translation (NAT) for any device port modem or USB/ISDN modem. IP forwarding allows a user accessing the SLC 8000 advanced console manager over a modem to access the network connected to Eth1 or Eth2.

Note: Configurations with the same IP subnet on multiple interfaces (Ethernet or PPP) are not currently supported.

Gateway

Default	IP address of the router for this network.
	If this has not been set manually, any gateway acquired by DHCP for Eth1 or Eth2
	displays.
	All network traffic that matches the Eth1 IP address and subnet mask is sent out
	Eth1. All network traffic that matches the Eth2 IP address and subnet mask is sent
	out Eth 2.
	If you set a default gateway, any network traffic that does not match Eth1 or Eth2 is
	sent to the default gateway for routing.
DHCP-Acquired	Gateway acquired by DHCP for Eth1 or Eth2. View only.
Precedence	Indicates whether the gateway acquired by DHCP or the default gateway takes
	precedence. The default is DHCP Gateway. If the DHCP Gateway is selected and
	both Eth1 and Eth2 are configured for DHCP, the SLC unit gives precedence to the
	Eth1 gateway.
Alternate	An alternate IP address of the router for this network, to be used if an IP address
	usually accessible through the default gateway fails to return one or more pings.
IP Address to Ping	IP address to ping to determine whether to use the alternate gateway.
Ethernet Port to Ping	Ethernet port to use for the ping.
Delay between Pings	Number of seconds between pings
Number of Failed	Number of pings that fail before the SLC 8000 advanced console manager uses the
Pings	alternate gateway.

Hostname & Name Servers

Hostname	The default host name is slcXXXX, where XXXX is the last 4 characters of the
	hardware address of Ethernet Port 1. There is a 64-character limit (contiguous
	characters, no spaces). The host name becomes the prompt in the command line
	interface.
Domain	If desired, specify a domain name (for example, support.lantronix.com). The domain
	name is used for host name resolution within the SLC unit. For example, if abcd is
	specified for the SMTP server, and mydomain.com is specified for the domain, if
	abcd cannot be resolved, the SLC 8000 advanced console manager attempts to
	resolve abcd.mydomain.com for the SMTP server.

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