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Management VLAN
Subnet
Configuration Menu
Invisible place holder
Figure 3-16. Management VLAN Subnet Configuration Menu
NOTE: Changes to any of the following parameters while communi-
cating over the network (LAN or over-the-air) might cause a
loss of communication with the unit you are configuring. You
must re-establish communication using the new IP address.
•
IP Address Mode—Defines the source of the IP address of this
device. Only static IP addressing mode is available when VLAN
Status is enabled. [
Static, Dynamic; Static]
• Static IP Address—The IPv4 local IP address. [192.168.1.1]
• Static IP Netmask—The IPv4 local subnet mask. This value is
used when the radio attempts to send a locally initiated message,
either from the terminal server, or from a management process.
[
255.255.0.0]
The lower three lines of the screen (Current IP Address, Current IP Netmask,
Current IP Gateway) show the current addressing configured at the trans-
ceiver. Current IP Gateway only displays on this screen if Default Route IF
on the Network Interface Config menu (
Figure 3-15 on Page 48) is set to
Management.
Selecting option I from the menu in Figure 3-15 on Page 48 displays the
screen shown in
Figure 3-19 on Page 52. Note that the IP address is dif-
ferent even though it is the same physical unit. This is because this IP
address is defined for a different VLAN.
DHCP Server
Configuration
(Data and Mgmt)
A transceiver can provide automatic IP address assignments to other IP
devices in the network by providing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configura-
tion Protocol) services. This service eliminates setting an individual
device IP address on Remotes in the network, but it requires some plan-
ning of the IP address range. One drawback to network-wide automatic
IP address assignments is that SNMP services might become inacces-
sible as they are dependent on fixed IP addresses.