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8 • IP 6511RC Matrix Switch Administrators’ Reference Guide
60 Modify IP Configuration window
Figure 30. IP Configuration window
To display the IP Configuration window, on the IP management web page, click the Modify… link.
Forwarding (ipForwarding)
Determines whether the 6511RC is acting as an IP gateway that will forward datagrams received by-but not
addressed to-the 6511RC. IP gateways forward datagrams, IP hosts do not (except those source-routed via the
host).
Note
For some managed nodes, this object may take on only a subset of the values
possible. Accordingly, it is appropriate for an agent to return a “badValue”
response if a management station attempts to change this object to an inap-
propriate value.
The following options are available:
• forwarding(1) —acting as a gateway
• not-forwarding(2) —not acting as a gateway
Default Time-To-Live (ipDefaultTTL)
The default value inserted into the Time-To-Live (TTL) field in the IP header of datagrams originating from
the 6511RC, whenever a TTL value is not already supplied by the transport layer protocol.
Saving Your Work
Once you have defined your desired values for the configurable parameters shown in the IP Configuration sub-
page, you must click the Submit Query button to save the new values into volatile DRAM. Once you click the
button, the 6511RC will implement the changes immediately.
Note
To save your changes permanently, you must visit the 6511RC HOME page,
and click the Save Current Configuration button. When you click the Save
Current Configuration button, the 6511RC will copy the configuration cur-
rently stored in volatile DRAM into non-volatile Flash memory for persis-
tent storage.