Chapter 2: Unit Installation
Gateway Series appliance. The default username for the Gateway
Series web GUI is
admin
, and the default password is
admin
.
Note:
The Gateway Series appliance may also be accessed by its
hostname. The hostname will be in the format of G
x
00-
aa
-
bb
-
cc
,
where
x
is 1 for G100, 2 for G200, 4 for G400 or 8 for G800,
aa
is the
6th to last and 5th to last alphanumeric of the unit’s first MAC address,
bb
is the 4th to last and 3rd to last alphanumeric of the unit’s first
MAC address, and
cc
is the 2nd to last and very last alphanumeric of
the unit’s first MAC address. The MAC addresses of the Gateway
Series appliance are printed on a label on the back of the unit. For
example, if the first MAC address of a G200 Gateway Series appliance
is B2432B187135, the hostname will be G200-18-71-35. HTTPS (e.g.
https://
[IP]
) must be used. If you do not connect using HTTPS, a
browser error will be displayed.
3.
It is highly recommended that the
admin
password be changed using
the
System Administrators
menu on the web GUI.
4.
Next, the IP configuration options should be configured on the
Gateway Series appliance. See
IP Configuration
on page 36.
Connecting via Statically assigned IP address
1.
If a DHCP server does not exist on the network that the Gateway
Series appliance will be placed on, connect one end of an Ethernet
cable to the Gateway Series appliance's first Ethernet port, and the
other end to an Ethernet connection on a computer. That computer
will need to use the network configuration listed below. This step will
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