User guide

3 Terminal and Telnet Management
CommPlete Communications Server 19
Configure IP Address Pool
Select this option to configure a range of IP addresses. In the address pool menu, type
the IP address range from which the IP address will be allocated. If the range includes
one or more addresses that you want to exclude from allocation, you can type their
address ranges in the second and third sets of menu options.
Static Routes
Select this optionto display or configure a list of permanent routes for use when
WAN ports are set up for LAN-to-LAN operation. A static route is a manually
configured route that specifies the transmission path a datagram must follow, based
on the datagram's destination address. Static routes are useful when selecting a
preferred route to a remote host. To add a static route to the list, type A and press
E
NTER. The following menu appears:
[ 1] Address :000.000.000.000
[ 2] Mask :000.000.000.000
[ 3] Metric :0
[ 4] Gateway :000.000.000.000
[ESC] to go to previous menu
Address. The destination of the static route. The destination must be an IP address
entered in dotted decimal notation. If the destination is a network, the node portion
of the IP address is 0. If the destination is a host, the mask must be 255.255.255.255.
Mask. The IP network mask. It indicates the network and subnet portion of the IP
address with non-zero numbers; the node portions are shown with zeros.
Metric. The number of hops to the destination IP address. The number of hops is the
number of routers that traffic must travel through to reach the destination.
Gateway. The IP address, in dotted decimal notation, of the next-hop router.
When you have finished configuring the static route, type F and press E
NTER to add it
to the list.