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7.4 Commercial networks
In commercial environments routed sub-nets are commonly deployed. This can create difficulties
in initially identifying the ēKo gateway’s DHCP address with the GatewayFinder tool as it does
not know about non-local subnets. In this case it is recommended to run the GatewayFinder tool
(section 7.1) on a machine that is on the same subnet as the ēKo gateway or consult your system
administrator. Often, commercial networks link DHCP and DNS which will allow connecting to
the ēKo gateway by its name without knowing its IP address. There is usually a time delay
(varying widely by network type) before the hostname is visible in DNS after the initial boot-up.
Figure 7-1. Multi-network configuration
7.5 Configuring Remote Internet Access for the ēKo Gateway
For remote internet access to the ēKo Gateway through a firewall do the following:
