CONFIGURING WITH A LOCAL CONSOLE

If Default Gateway is Enabled, the prompt

Gateway Address :

will appear.

Type an IP address of the form _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _, where each _ _ _ is a number ranging from 001 to 255, and press

the Enter key.

The Gateway Address is the IP address of a router or device that your router will send packets to which have destinations it cannot determine by static routing tables or by dynamic routing.

The prompt

 

Proxy ARP

: Disabled

may appear.

 

The default setting for Proxy ARP is Disabled.

Pressing the spacebar switches between Disabled and Enabled.

Choices:

Enabled allows your router to respond to ARP requests for devices on your Ethernet network that do not have a static routing table or dynamic routing mode.

Disabled assumes that all devices on your Ethernet network are capable of using your router for ARP requests without the router having to mediate.

Press the Enter key when you are ready to continue.

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