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Applications
2.8
— Orbitor 6000 Installation & Applications Guide
Define an IP Default Gateway
An IP default gateway is an IP router that is resident on the local IP network that this
Orbitor is connected to and is used to route IP frames for destination networks that do not
exist in the routing tables. When an IP frame is received that is destined for a network that
is not listed in the routing tables of the Orbitor, the Orbitor will send the IP frame to the
default gateway. If the device originating the IP frame is on the same local LAN as the
Orbitor, the Orbitor will then send an ICMP redirect message to the originating device.
Any future IP frames for that destination network will then be sent to the default gateway
instead of the Orbitor.
A default gateway may be configured if there are a large number of routes that will pass
through another router to a larger network. An example of this would be a router that is
used to connect to the Internet. All of the Orbitors on the local LAN would have the
Internet access router as the default gateway. The Orbitors would route information
within the internal network and any IP frames that are destined for the Internet would be
routed to the default gateway.
1.
Default Gateway
Location:
Main
Configuration
Internet Set up
Default Gateway
The IP address of the default gateway consists of 4 octets and is
represented by 4 fields separated by periods (“
.
”), where each field is
specified by a decimal number (e.g. 199.169.1.10). Each decimal
number must be less than or equal to 255, that is the maximum value of
each 8-bit field.
A configured Default Gateway will override a default route learned
from RIP.
Configuration:
On ISDN Orbitors, the Default Gateway may be located across the WAN
Note
connection.
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.