Manual

Software User Guide 23
Status Tab
Forexample,ifanetmaskis255.255.255.0andtheIPaddressassignedtothedeviceis192.168.1.1through
192.168.1.254as192.168.1.0isthevaluereservedforthebroadcastaddress.
RecommendedSetting:ThisaddressshouldhavebeenprovidedbyyourNetworkAdministrator.Itmustbeanaddressvalidfor
thenetworkdescribedbythevaluecontainedintheEnterSubnetMaskfieldandmustnotconflictwithanyotherdeviceonthe
targetnetwork.
EnterSubnetMask(Required):EnterthedesiredNetmaskfortheinterface.Thisfieldisonlyavailablewhen“Obtain
NetworkAddressesviaDHCP”hasbeensettoNo
.
RecommendedSetting:Yournetworkadministratorshouldbeabletoprovideanappropriatevalue.Thisvaluedeterminesthe
validrangeofIPaddressesallowedinthe“EnterIPAddress”field.
EnterRemoteGateway:EntertheIPAddressforthegatewaydevice.Thisfieldisrequiredif“UseRemoteGatewayas
DefaultRoute”issettoYes
.
Agatewayisadevice(typicallyarouter)usedtogainaccesstoanothernetwork.Forexample,ifadeviceisattachedto
aLANwhosenetworkaddressis192.168.1.0withanetmaskof255.255.255.0,thenitcancommunicatedirectlywith
anyotherdeviceonthatnetworkwitharange
ofaddressesof192.168.1.1through192.168.1.254(with
192.168.1.255reservedforbroadcast).Anaddressoutsideofthatrangeisonadifferentnetworkwhichwouldneedto
beaccessedindirectlythrougharouter.Thatrouterwouldbethegatewaytothenetworkonwhichtheremotetarget
deviceresides.Inorderto
communicatewithit,itwouldmeansendingandreceivingviathegatewaydevice.Thisalso
requireseitherdefiningastaticroute(definedthroughtheNetwork>StaticRoutesmenu)viathatgatewayormaking
itthedefaultroutebysetting“UseRemoteGatewa yasDefaultRoute”toYes
.
RecommendedSetting:Yournetworkadministratorshouldbeabletoprovideanappropriatevalue.Theaddressmustbeone
withinthevalidrangeforthenetwork.
• OncethedesiredsettingshavebeenenteredintheEth0Settingsdialogwindow,clickontheNextbuttonandthe
followingCellularConnectiondialogwindowwillappear:
EnableInterface:SelectYEStoenabletheinterfacetobecomeactiveafterthenewsettingsareappliedanduponsub‐
sequentsystemstart‐up.
SelectAPNContext:Selectthedesire dAPNContextfromtheprovideddrop‐down.Thisinformationshouldhavebeen
giventoyoubyyourserviceproviderwhenservicewasestablished.
EnterAPN:EntertheAPNusedtoaccessyourcellularwirelessdataserviceinthisfield.Thisinformationshouldhave
beengiven
toyoubyyourserviceproviderwhenservicewasestablished.