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If all the steps have been done correctly, your LAN port will be properly configured with
the chosen IP address, and it will be able to connect to your network and the Internet (if
Internet access on the network is allowed).
W
Use the MAN port only to start
netsetup
and to configure the LAN port if necessary.
After completing all the steps in
netsetup
, unplug the LAN cable from the MAN port
and plug in to the LAN port.
N
Internet connection is crucial for the Setup Wizard configuration, as will be seen in next
chapter.
W
Bicom Systems highly recommends using the static IP address allocation, since DHCP
based one has a tendency to change in situations with power failures and similar.
In such situation, when the DHCP allocated IP changes, the system will stop to work,
and will need support intervention.
N
If you are an IT technician with advanced knowledge on systems administration, you
could use the C
ONSOLE
serial port on the back of the device to connect to the system
terminal. This way you do not need to wrangle with LAN port re-assignment on your
own computer. Just use the serial cable and connect to the device where baudrate is
115200.
