ADC 410F User Manual

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Chapter 6: Configuring the Ports

Megabit Modem 410F and 420F User Manual

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2

Enter the bridging configuration parameters:

3

Enter the routing configuration parameters:

4

Enter the LAN and WAN port configuration parameters:

‹

Select

Bridging Enable

to forward Ethernet data based on MAC addresses.

Click

Spanning Tree Enable

to enable the Spanning Tree protocol.

The Spanning Tree protocol eliminates loops in a bridged LAN topology. When
Spanning Tree is selected, it becomes active when bridging is enabled. If the
modem is configured for routing only, Spanning Tree does not run. See

“Spanning Tree Protocol” on page 69

for more information.

Œ

Select

Routing Enable

to forward IP datagrams based on IP addresses. See

“Routing”

on page 71

for more information.

Click

Static Route Table

to get a dialog to set up static routes. The modem can accept

up to 32 static route entries. Go to

“Defining Static Route Entries” on page 51

to

configure these parameters.



Enter the

LAN IP Address

for the modem Ethernet 10/100BASE-T LAN port. The

default IP address for the LAN port is 192.168.0.1.

Enter the

WAN IP Address

for the ADSL (WAN) port. This option is available only if

routing is enabled and you must enter a valid IP address. When routing is not
enabled, the field is blank.

Ž

Enter the

LAN IP Net Mask

(subnet IP mask) for the modem Ethernet 10/100BASE-T

LAN port. The default IP subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

Enter the

WAN IP Net Mask

(subnet IP mask) for the ADSL (WAN) port. This option

is available only if routing is enabled and you must enter a valid subnet mask. When
routing is not enabled, the field is blank.



The

LAN Bridge Port Priority

is preset to

100

. Bridge Port Priority is used when

Bridging

mode and

Spanning Tree

are both enabled and determines which modem port has

higher priority when active simultaneously.

The

WAN Bridge Port Priority

is preset to

101

. Bridge Port Priority is used when

Bridging

mode and

Spanning Tree

are both enabled and determines which modem port

has higher priority when active simultaneously.

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