Applications
Orbitor 6000 Installation & Applications Guide —
2.7
The subnet mask will default to the appropriate setting for the class of
IP address that you have entered. If the subnet mask for the local LAN
has been changed, the Subnet Size field will also need to be changed to
the same value as the one defined for the local LAN.
2.
IP Routing Enabled
Location:
Main
Configuration
IP Routing Set up
IP Routing
When a number of Orbitor IP routers are connected on the same WAN,
some of the Orbitors may be defined to not be IP routers.
Configuration:
The Orbitors that are configured as IP routers will continue to route IP frames
Note
between themselves and the Orbitors that are configured as bridges will
bridge the IP frames between themselves.
3.
IP Forwarding Enabled
Location:
Main
Configuration
IP Routing Set up
IP Forwarding
The IP Forwarding function enables or disables the forwarding of IP
traffic when IP routing is enabled. When IP forwarding is disabled, all
IP traffic across the WAN links will be blocked. While IP forwarding
is disabled, the Orbitor will still operate as an IP RIP router and
maintain its routing tables.
The
default gateway
parameter only needs to be defined when there is another IP router
connected to the local LAN that is the default gateway for this IP network.
Once the WAN connections have been established to the remote partner Orbitors, the IP
router portion of the Orbitors will begin to build their routing tables according to the IP
frames they receive from the network. Manual entries may be made in the routing tables
by adding
static IP routes
.
The configuration options described here are only for initial set up and configuration
purposes. For more complete information on all of the configuration parameters
available please refer to the Menu Reference Manual file on the accompanying
disks.
