Installation guide

2.Making Public Ethernet Connections
24 AlterPath OnBoard Installation Guide
With failover enabled, if the first Ethernet port fails, the second one
automatically becomes active until the first one recovers.
One or more optional Ethernet PCMCIA cards may be inserted and
configured to support the following:
• A second, third, or fourth network (depending on how the two public
Ethernet ports are configured)
• If failover is configured, a second, third, or fourth failover interface
You can use the RJ-45 to RJ-45 Ethernet CAT5 cable shipped with the
OnBoard or an off-the-shelf CAT5 or greater cable to connect the Ethernet
ports to an Ethernet switch, router, or local area network (LAN) port. The
following figure illustrates connecting an RJ-45 connector on one end of a
cable to a public Ethernet port on the OnBoard and the other end to a port
connecting to the Internet.
Figure 2-4: Making an Ethernet Connection to a Public Ethernet Port
T To Make a Public Ethernet Connection
1. Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to an Ethernet switch,
router, or local area network (LAN) port.
2. If you are making one Ethernet connection, connect the other end of the
cable to the primary Ethernet port on the OnBoard.
3. If you are setting up Ethernet failover, connect a second cable from the
same network to the secondary Ethernet port.
Ethernet
Internet