Administrator's Guide

Chapter 8. Network Configuration
Default Gateway
Main Default Gateways
The Default gateway is the IP address of the router that is used to contact the outside world.
This IP address is usually the firewall. Default gateway must be an IP address from one of
the Directly Connected Networks of the Telecommuting Module’s interfaces. See appendix
D, Definitions of Terms, for further description of routers/gateways.
The Telecommuting Module must have at least one default gateway to work.
You can enter more than one default gateway. The Telecommuting Module will use one of
them until it stops responding, and then switch to the next one.
Priority
If you entered more than one default gateway, you can assign a priority to each of them.
The Telecommuting Module will use the gateway with the highest priority (lowest number)
when it works. If it stops working, the Telecommuting Module will switch to the next in
priority, while checking the first for availability. When the first gateway works again, the
Telecommuting Module will switch back to using that.
Dynamic
If an interface will receive its IP address from a DHCP server, the Telecommuting Module
will get its default gateway from the server. In this case, select the corresponding IP address
here.
DNS Name Or IP Address
Enter the DNS name or IP address for the default gateway. If an interface will receive its IP
address from a DHCP server, the Telecommuting Module will get its default gateway from
the server. In this case, leave this field empty.
IP address
Shows the IP address of the DNS Name Or IP Address you entered in the previous field.
Interface
Select the interface connected to the Telecommuting Module default gateway.
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