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13 • Ethernet port configuration
Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of Ethernet ports and describes the tasks involved in configuring Ethernet
ports through the IPLink software.
For IPLink Series devices, the term Ethernet refers to the family of local area network (LAN) or wide area net-
work (WAN) implementations that include two principal categories.
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Ethernet and IEEE — 802.3 LAN/WAN specifications that operate at 10 Mbps over twisted-pair and coax-
ial cable.
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100 Mbps Ethernet — LAN/WAN specification, also known as Fast Ethernet that operates at 100 Mbps
over twisted-pair cable.
The defaults for the Ethernet ports are as follows:
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Medium auto
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Encapsulation ip
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Bind interface eth1 router (for port Ethernet 0 1) and bind interface eth0 router (for port Ethernet 0 0)
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Enabled.
The information in this chapter applies to all Ethernet ports on the system, including the Ethernet manage-
ment port.
Ethernet port configuration task list
To configure Ethernet ports, perform the tasks described in the following sections. Most of the task are required to
have an operable Ethernet port, some of the tasks are optional, but might be required for your application.
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Entering the Ethernet port configuration mode (see
page 139
)
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Configuring medium for an Ethernet port (see
page 139
)
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Configuring Ethernet encapsulation type for an Ethernet port (see
page 140
)
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Binding an Ethernet port to an IP interface (see
page 140
)
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Configuring multiple IP addresses on the Ethernet ports (see
page 141
)
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Configuring a VLAN (see
page 142
)
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Configuring layer 2 CoS to service-class mapping for an Ethernet port (advanced) (see
page 143
)
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Closing an Ethernet port (see
page 145
)