User`s guide

IP Address Management
Connecting to a local IP network
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Close and save the profile.
With this subnet address, the Pipeline requires a static route to the backbone
router on the main network. Otherwise, it can only reach the subnets to which it is
directly connected.
To create the static route and make the backbone router the default route:
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Open the Ethernet > Static Rtes > Default profile.
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Specify the IP address of a backbone router in the Gateway field.
For example:
Gateway=10.0.0.17
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Leave the other parameters at their default values.
For example:
Active=Yes
Dest=0.0.0.0/0
Metric=1
Private=Yes
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Close and save the profile.
Assigning two addresses: Dual IP
The Pipeline can assign two separate IP addresses to a single physical Ethernet
port and route between them—a feature often referred to as “dual IP.” The two
addresses provide logical interfaces to two networks or subnets on the same
backbone.
Usually devices connected to the same physical wire belong to the same IP
network. With dual IP, one wire can support two IP networks. Devices on the
wire are assigned to one network or the other. The devices route information to
each other through the Pipeline.
Dual IP is also used to distribute the load of routing traffic to a large subnet by
assigning IP addresses on that subnet to two or more routers on the backbone.
With a direct connection to the subnet as well as to the backbone network, each
of the routers routes packets to devices on the subnet and includes the route in
their routing table updates.