Network Router User Manual
• Manual Mode: Use manual mode when precise control over the Channel List is desired. In
manual mode the user is responsible for the conguration of the Channel List.
• Normal Mode: Use normal mode when the router is being congured by a remote
conguration server. When in Normal mode, ensure that the Cong Server Address is correct
(see Cong Server Address below).
Router Name: is eld allows the user to set or change the name of the router. A descriptive
name can be used to give the network administrator information on the location and use of the
router (for example, Name: router Room 34). To change the name of the router, type the new
name into the eld provided and click the “Submit Changes” button.
Router Type: is popup menu eld allows the user to set or change the type of the router. e
three choices are Congured, Repeater, and Flood. Select the new value and click the “Submit
Changes” button.
• Congured: Selecting this router type will cause the GRouter device to lter trac. e lter
rules are based on router tables set on the GadgetGateway by a LON management tool or by
the web Tool
• Repeater: Repeater mode will drop packets that fail their CRC checks or packets that do not
belong to one of the router's domains. Network management packets addressed to the router
are not passed but are handled by the router. Otherwise all packets on either side will be
forwarded to the other side of the router.
• Flood: Selecting this router type will cause the router to forward all packets including network
management packets (except those that fail CRC). No other ltering is done. In Flood mode
the router is completely transparent to the 709.1 channel. is enables tunneling over IP of
some 709.1 networks with odd congurations. Flood type can only be congured in manual
mode. Any 709.1 networks connected to GRouter devices in Flood Mode become one large
virtual subnet. In contrast with Congured and Repeater modes, Flood mode makes two
GRouters appear as essentially a physical layer repeater with two major exceptions:
◆ 1) Packets with CRC errors are discarded.
◆ 2) Unlike a good physical layer repeater, the gateway can be saturated.
When in Flood Mode, 709.1 network management tools will not be able to communicate with
the GRouter device. e router is completely transparent to all 709.1 devices.
IP Port: is eld allows the user to set or change the unicast IP port of the router. Enter the new
value and click the “Submit Changes” button. e designated default port for 852 client devices is
1628.
NAT Router WAN Address: is eld allows the user to set or change the WAN IP address of a
NAT router. is is only applicable when the router is connected to the internet through a NAT
router and needs to communicate with 852 devices on other LANs. To change the value in the
eld, type in the new value in the dotted format XX.XX.XX.XX and click the “Submit Changes”
button. When using a NAT router as the internet interface for the LAN upon the GRouter device
is connected, the NAT router’s WAN IP address must be static (unless Dynamic DNS is used).
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