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Chapter 7
Configuring Network Interfaces
One of the first steps when setting up a controller is to configure the networking
parameters using the setup program, as described in the Meru System Director
Getting Started Guide. If you did not run the setup program, or if you want to change
the settings that were configured with the setup script, you can use the commands
described in the section Configuring Basic Networking for the Interface.
Because controllers have two FastEthernet ports, you may want to configure the
second port for additional operation. The second port can be used as redundant
interface or as a second active FastEthernet interface. To configure the
Dual-Ethernet feature, refer to the section Dual-Ethernet Operation. Note that after
a change like this, you need to reboot the controller.
Configuring Basic Networking for the Interface
Use the following commands to configure network parameters, if necessary:
 To change the parameters of the FastEthernet port, use the interface
FastEthernet command.
 To set up a dynamic IP address assignment for the wireless clients using the DHCP
relay server, use the ip dhcp-server ip-address command.
 To set the IP address of the controller, use the ip address ip-address netmask
command.
 To set the default gateway, use the ip default-gateway ip-address command.
 To set the domain name, use the ip domainname name command.
 To add one or more DNS name servers, use the ip dns-server ip-address command.
For additional information about configuring network information, see the Meru
System Director Getting Started Guide. For more information about the listed
commands, see the Meru System Director Command Reference.