Patton electronic 2616RC user manual Configuring the default gateway

Model 2616RC T-DAC User Manual 3 • Configuring the T-DAC for operation

•Hard Reset—this button (see figure 26) causes the Model 2616RC to perform a cold restart. When you select Hard Reset, the T-DAC confirms that you want to execute this command. Then, the T-DAC will disconnect all current sessions, re-initialize the interfaces, and re-load configuration parameters from

FLASH.

•Set Factory Default Configuration—this button (see figure 26) clears out the configuration in FLASH and loads the factory default parameters into FLASH memory. The factory default settings will not execute on the Model 2616RC until it is re-booted by doing a Hard Reset.

Note Set Factory Default Configuration (figure 26) will delete any routing information, the Model 2616RC’s Ethernet IP address, and any other site-specific settings made for your particular installation. You will have to re-enter the Model 2616RC’s Ethernet IP address and net- mask using the rear panel control port before using the HTTP/HTML Management pages.

Configuring the default gateway

The default gateway IP address, if defined, is used solely for managing the 2616RC remotely via the Ethernet port. The 2616RC does not transmit or receive user data nor any other traffic via the default gateway IP address or the Ethernet port.

Do the following to add the default gateway:

1.On the 2616RC Configuration Menu, click the IP hyperlink to open the IP Configuration page.

2.Click the Routing Info hyperlink to open the IP Routing Information page (figure 27).

Figure 27. IP Routing Information Page

3.The existing route you see in the table is the LAN IP address you assigned to the 2616RC during initial configuration through the RS-232 control port, earlier in this chapter.

4.To enter the default gateway, use the first Add a route line. The Destination shall remain 0.0.0.0, and there is no mask to enter.

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