User Guide

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the interfaces will be lost and communication with devices accessible through the ports within the

bridge group will occur via the bridge group's IPaddress.

Appliance interfaces placed into a bridge group will not support DHCP services to prevent conflict

with other DHCP services on the network. The appliance will also not support UMIQ modules

connected to bridged interfaces.

The appliance is not intended to be a general purpose ethernet bridge. The port bridging feature is

intended to make devices, which are physically connected to private interface ports, accessible via

the public network infrastructure. In order to prevent a switching loop when multiple bridged

interfaces are accidentally connected to the same network switch, the SpanningTree Protocol

(STP)feature is enabled by default for all bridge groups.

If the appliance is connected to a network switch with an active Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU)

Guard, the STPfeature must be disabled for the bridge group.

NOTE: Disabling STPwill cause the appliance to store and forward ethernet frames between the ports of

the bridge group without any switching loop prevention.

To create or edit a bridge group configuration:

1. From the sidebar, click Network Settings.

2. Under the Bridge Group Configuration heading, click Add.

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Click on an existing bridge group to edit it.

3. Enter a name for the bridge group.

4. Ensure STPis enabled.

5. Use the drop-down menu to enable the Bridge State.

6. From the list of available bridge interfaces, select the interfaces you want to add to the group

and click the right arrow.

7. Under the IPv4 heading, enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) and use the drop-down

menu to select either DHCP or Static routing. If using Static, enter the Address, Broadcast

and Gateway.

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Under the IPv6 heading, enter either DHCPor Static routing. If using Static, enter the Address

and Gateway. Click Apply.

8. Back on the main Network Settings page, change the IPv4/IPv6 default gateway to the name

you assigned to the bridge group. Click Apply.