User guide

Configuring an SM for the Destination Configuring for the Destination
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pmp-0229 (Mar 2013)
RECOMMENDATION:
Note or print the IP settings from this page. Ensure that you can readily associate
these IP settings both with the module and with the other data that you store
about the module.
LAN1 Network Interface Configuration, Network
Accessibility
Specify whether the IP address of the SM should be visible to only a device connected to the SM
by Ethernet (Local) or should be visible to the AP as well (Public).
LAN1 Network Interface Configuration, Subnet Mask
Enter an appropriate subnet mask for the SM to communicate on the network. The default subnet
mask is 255.255.0.0. See Allocating Subnets on Page 164.
LAN1 Network Interface Configuration, Gateway IP Address
Enter the appropriate gateway for the SM to communicate with the network. The default gateway
is 169.254.0.0.
LAN1 Network Interface Configuration, DHCP state
If you select Enabled, the DHCP server automatically assigns the IP configuration (IP address,
subnet mask, and gateway IP address) and the values of those individual parameters (above) are
not used. The setting of this DHCP state parameter is also viewable, but not settable, in the
Network Interface tab of the Home page.
In this tab, DHCP State is settable only if the Network Accessibility parameter in the IP tab is set
to Public. This parameter is also settable in the NAT tab of the Configuration web page, but only
when NAT is enabled.
If the DHCP state parameter is set to Enabled in the Configuration => IP tab of the SM, do not
check the BootpClient option for Packet Filter Types in its Protocol Filtering tab, because doing
so would block the DHCP request. (Filters apply to all packets that leave the SM via its RF
interface, including those that the SM itself generates.) If you want to keep DHCP enabled and
avoid the blocking scenario, select the Bootp Server option instead. This will result in responses
being appropriately filtered and discarded.
The IP tab also contains the following buttons.