Chapter 11 Interfaces
NXC5200 User’s Guide
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Interface
Name
This field is read-only if you are editing an existing VLAN interface.
Enter the number of the VLAN interface. You can use a number from
0~4094. For example, vlan0, vlan8, and so on.
VID
Enter the VLAN ID. This 12-bit number uniquely identifies each VLAN.
Allowed values are 1 - 4094. (0 and 4095 are reserved.)
Zone
Select the zone to which the VLAN interface belongs.
Description
Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can
use alphanumeric and
()+/:=?!*#@$_%-
characters, and it can be
up to 60 characters long.
Member
Configuration
Use these settings to assign interfaces to this VLAN as members.
Edit
Click this to edit the selected interface’s membership values.
#
This is sequential indicator of the interface number.
#
This indicates the interface name.
Member
This indicates whether the selected interface is a member or not of
the VLAN which is currently being edited.
Click this field to edit the value.
Tx Tagging
This indicates whether the selected interface tags outbound traffic
with this VLAN’s ID .
Click this field to edit the value.
IP Address
Assignment
Get
Automatically
Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP
server configures the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway
automatically.
Use Fixed IP
Address
Select this if you want to specify the IP address, subnet mask, and
gateway manually.
IP Address
This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the IP address for this interface.
Subnet Mask
This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the subnet mask of this interface in dot decimal notation. The
subnet mask indicates what part of the IP address is the same for all
computers in the network.
Gateway
This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the IP address of the gateway. The NXC sends packets to the
gateway when it does not know how to route the packet to its
destination. The gateway should be on the same network as the
interface.
Metric
Enter the priority of the gateway (if any) on this interface. The NXC
decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The lower the
number, the higher the priority. If two or more gateways have the
same priority, the NXC uses the one that was configured first.
Related Setting
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Configuration > Network > Interface > VLAN > Add/Edit (continued)
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DESCRIPTION