User’s Guide
Version 1.0
Network Interface
Network Interface | Configuration | Interface Configuration
The SMB Public Access Controller contains two multi-purpose network interfaces: br1 and ixp1.
These interfaces can be configured to work as either local area network (LAN) or wide area network
(WAN) interfaces or wireless area network(WLAN) for Access Points. LAN is used to connect hubs,
switches, Access Points and subscribers. The WAN port connects to the Internet or the service
provider’s backbone network. The wlan1_0 is the first virtual AP for wireless network.
All these interfaces are listed in the
interface configuration
page. By default a bridge exists (labeled
br1) which contains two interfaces: wlan1
and ixp0.All network interfaces available in the SMB Public
Access Controller are shown in the following table:
Figure 68 – Interface Configuration Table
To change network interface configuration properties click the
edit
button in the
action
column. The
status
can be changed now:
Figure 69 – Edit Interface Configuration Settings part.1
Interface
- standard interface name. This name cannot be edited and is assigned by the operating
system during startup. Interface name cannot be changed because the hardware drivers define it.
Status
– select the status of interface: [enabled/disabled].
Do not disable the interface through which you are connected to the BW1330.
Disabling such interface will lose your connection to the device.
Type
– network type cannot be changed. There are two possible networking types:
LAN
– interface is used as local area network (LAN) gateway, and is connected to a LAN;
WAN
– interface is used to access the ISP network;
Change
status
or leave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the
continue
button.
Then the following parameters can be changed:
Figure 70 – Edit Interface Configuration Settings part.2
IP Address
– specify new interface IP address [in digits and dots notation, e.g. 192.168.5.1].
IP address of each interface should be from a different subnet; otherwise, you will
receive an error message.
Netmask
– specify the subnet mask [[0-255].[0-255].[0-255].[0-255]].These numbers are a binary
mask of the IP address, which defines IP address order and the number of IP addresses in the subnet.
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