Nortel 1500 Series Getting Started

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Managing the Switch5-11LAN/WAN InterfacesInterfacesLists the Management IP Address, LAN/WAN port, and LAN card.IP AddressEnter an IP address for each interface on the Switch, including the LAN port. TheSwitch uses these IP addresses for tunnel creation. The IP Address consists of 32bits, which are written as four octets in dotted-decimal format as follows:192.168.34.21You must supply the interface IP Address configuration information, not theManagement IP Address that you already configured through the initial IPAddress configuration.Subnet MaskThe Subnet Mask defines how many bits of the IP Address represent the networkthe device is on and how many bits represent the host’s ID on the network.The device uses the Subnet Mask to determine which IP Addresses are directlyreachable on the network and which are only reachable through a gateway. Asample IP Address is 10.2.3.3 with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.0.0. This indicatesthat all hosts with addresses 10.2.n.n are directly reachable.Default GatewayIf the routing table contains no specific route to the desired location, the DefaultGateway packets are routed onto the private network.TypeThe default configuration assigns the Management LAN interface as Private andthe LAN card interface as Public.