User's Manual

EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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set the value of the ‘dhcp.role’ parameter in the ‘eth0’ interface to ‘client’, as shown in the
example below. When configured as a DHCP client, the EnRoute500 will continually attempt to
contact a DHCP server until it is successful.
> use eth0
eth0> set dhcp.role=client
The ‘dhcp.reserve’ parameter (described in section 6.1.1) has no effect when the
‘dhcp.role’ parameter is set to ‘client’.
To disable DHCP client mode, set the ‘dhcp.role’ parameter to ‘none’. If DHCP client mode is
disabled, the IP configuration must be carried out manually, as described in the next section.
> use eth0
eth0> set dhcp.role=none
The ‘dhcp.role’ value can be set via the web interface using the “DHCP” sub-tab on the
“DHCP” tab on the “System Parameters” page (see Figure 30).
8.2.2 Manual IP Configuration
When a node is configured as a gateway, there are no limitations imposed by the EnRoute500
on the IP address assigned to the Ethernet interface. If the ‘dhcp.role’ parameter in the ‘eth0’
interface is set to ‘none’, the manually configured IP address will be used. The default IP
configuration that is assigned to the interface based on the ‘id’ settings in the ‘sys’ interface is
visible through the following read-only parameters:
• ip.address – IP address
• ip.broadcast – IP broadcast address
• ip.gateway – default gateway
• ip.netmask – netmask
These parameters cannot be set though. These default parameters can be overridden with the
parameters listed below.
• ip.address_force
• ip.broadcast_force
• ip.gateway_force
• ip.netmask_force
The example below, shows how a custom address can be set for the Ethernet interface
> use eth0
eth0> set dhcp=none
eth0> set ip.address_force=192.168.1.2