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TCP/IP Administration

NOTE: A restart of the Sentry is required after setting or changing ANY TCP/IP configurations. See Performing a warm boot on page 38 for more information.

Setting the IP address

The Set Ipaddress command sets the TCP/IP address of the network interface controller.

To set the IP address:

At the Sentry: prompt, type set ipaddress, followed by the IP address and press Enter.

Example

The following command sets the IP address to 12.34.56.78:

Sentry: set ipaddress 12.34.56.78<Enter>

Setting the subnet mask

The Set Subnet command sets the subnet mask for the network the PT40 will be attached to.

To set the subnet mask:

At the Sentry: prompt, type set subnet, followed by the subnet mask and press Enter.

Example

The following command sets the subnet mask to 255.0.0.0

Sentry: set subnet 255.0.0.0<Enter>

Setting the gateway

The Set Gateway command sets the IP address of the default gateway the Sentry uses to access external networks.

To set the gateway IP address:

At the Sentry: prompt, type set gateway, followed by the gateway IP address and press Enter.

Example

The following command set the gateway IP address to 12.34.56.1:

Sentry: set gateway 12.34.56.1<Enter>

Setting the DNS IP address

The Set DNS command sets the TCP/IP address of the Domain Name server (DNS).

To set the DNS IP address:

At the Sentry: prompt, type set, followed by dns1 or dns2 and the Domain Name server’s IP address. Press Enter.

Example

The following command sets the primary Domain Name server IP address to 98.76.54.254:

Sentry: set dns1 98.76.54.254<Enter>

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