Steelhead Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide
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Configuring In-Path Steelhead Appliances
Installing and Configuring the Steelhead Appliance
Connecting the Steelhead Appliance to Your Network
You use standard Ethernet straight-through and crossover cables to connect to your network in an in-path
configuration. Make sure that you use the correct cables to establish your network connections:
Straight-through cables
- Primary and LAN ports on the appliance to the LAN switch.
Crossover cable
- WAN port on the appliance to the WAN router.
To connect to your network
1.
Plug the straight-through cable into the primary port of the Steelhead appliance and the LAN switch.
This can be any port on your LAN switch configured to connect to a host.
Figure 3-6. Connecting the Primary Port to the LAN Switch
2.
Identify the straight-through cable that connects your LAN switch to your WAN router. Unplug the end
connected to the WAN router.
Figure 3-7. Disconnecting the WAN Router
3.
Plug the straight-through cable that you disconnected from the WAN router into the LAN port of the
Steelhead appliance.
Figure 3-8. Connecting the LAN Switch to the LAN Port
