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1.
MAC Address – MAC address of the device to be registered. The
format of the MAC Address is “
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
”.
2.
IP Address – IP address of the device to be registered.
3.
VLAN – VLAN that the device to be registered is on.
Figure 3-28 Network Device Configuration
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to confirm the entry.
3.5.1
Port Binding
In a typical deployment, an NMS is used to monitor the key network
components such as routers and access points. The NMS is normally run from
a remote location and may have problems accessing devices that are found
on the downstream such access points.
This is because downstream network is usually a private network that is not
visible to the upstream because the InnGate performs NAPT. In such cases,
upstream users will only see the WAN IP of the InnGate and not the individual
downstream hosts. So there will be no way for an upstream user to connect
to a particular downstream device.
Port Binding allows you to configure a port forwarding service which allows
incoming traffic from the upstream to reach downstream devices.
Port Binding allows you to assign a Port Number on the InnGate’s WAN
interface so that a user connecting to the InnGate’s WAN IP + Port Number
will actually have their traffic forwarded to the downstream service. The
InnGate thus acts as a port forwarding proxy for incoming upstream traffic.
Port Binding can also be used as a means to conserve public IP addresses; as
opposed to assigning a public IP for each downstream service host.