User manual

Basic Installation and Setup 2-3

Note: To verify your network settings, use the list networks

command. You can also check the connection by using the ping

<ip address> command.

Set a default gateway. If the NETServer does not know where

to send a packet, it forwards the packet to the default

gateway or router addressed in this step. Default gateways

must be on the same subnet as the NETServer.

You also need to supply a metric (hop count) for each type of

default gateway. Possible values range from 1 (default) to

15. Note that since the actual metric of a default gateway is

only 1 hop, the value entered here is used to control the

perceived cost of the gateway to other routers on your

network. For example, a high metric will limit the number

of hops that the route is broadcast and may cause other

routers to see it as a less preferable route.

If the NETServer is configured to listen for IP default route

the IP Default Gateway can be overridden by a default route

broadcast with a lower hop count.

To add the default gateway, use the following command:

add ip defaultroute gateway

metric

For example:

add ip defaultroute gateway 192.75.202.40 metric 1

Note: Check the default router setting with list ip routes.

Important: If you want to use a Domain Name Server (DNS),

continue below. If not, skip to step 6.

Specify the IP address of the server you want to function as

the DNS server. The DNS server translates your host names

into their corresponding IP addresses - when queried - and

saves that information in its local host table.

NETServer supports one name service only - DNS. You can

name up to ten DNS servers using the command shown