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11.4 Technical Reference
The following section contains additional technical information about the features
described in this chapter.
IP Address
Enter the IP address to assign to a device with this entry’s MAC
address.
MAC Address
Enter the MAC address to which to assign this entry’s IP address.
Description
Enter a description to help identify this static DHCP entry. You can use
alphanumeric and
()+/:=?!*#@$_%-
characters, and it can be up to
60 characters long.
Connectivity
Check
The NXC can regularly check the connection to the gateway you
specified to make sure it is still available. You specify how often to
check the connection, how long to wait for a response before the
attempt is a failure, and how many consecutive failures are required
before the NXC stops routing to the gateway. The NXC resumes
routing to the gateway the first time the gateway passes the
connectivity check.
Enable
Connectivity
Check
Select this to turn on the connection check.
Check Method
Select the method that the gateway allows.
Select icmp to have the NXC regularly ping the gateway you specify
to make sure it is still available.
Select tcp to have the NXC regularly perform a TCP handshake with
the gateway you specify to make sure it is still available.
Check Period
Enter the number of seconds between connection check attempts.
Check Timeout Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response before the
attempt is a failure.
Check Fail
Tolerance
Enter the number of consecutive failures before the NXC stops routing
through the gateway.
Check Default
Gateway
Select this to use the default gateway for the connectivity check.
Check this
address
Select this to specify a domain name or IP address for the
connectivity check. Enter that domain name or IP address in the field
next to it.
Check Port
This field only displays when you set the Check Method to tcp.
Specify the port number to use for a TCP connectivity check.
OK
Click OK to save your changes back to the NXC.
Cancel
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
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Configuration > Network > Interface > VLAN > Add/Edit (continued)
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DESCRIPTION