NIC Static Configuration

If you selected any static devices you will be brought to the dialog to configure static interfaces.

• [NOTE:]DHCP and PPPoE devices will be listed here but can not be edited. If you wish to change these you will need to hit the Back button.

In this dialog box each network card will have four categories, IP Address, Gateway, Netmask and Network. If these terms are unfamiliar to you, consult with your service provider.

IP Address

An IP address is a unique number used to identify a computer on a network. Generally you can purchase a block of IP addresses you are allowed to use on the Internet, or are assigned one or more IP addresses from your service provider. Enter the IP address you want to assign to the EnGarde machine.

Gateway

To give a computer the ability to talk to computers on another network they must communicate through a gateway. Enter this IP address here.

Netmask

The netmask defines a network within the larger network, called a subnet. The netmask defines the subnet mask. Enter the appropriate subnet mask for the network, generally, 255.255.255.0.

Network

The network is the network portion of the IP address as determined by the network mask. For example a network mask of 255.255.255.0 and an IP address of 192.168.1.1 would denote the network address as 192.168.1.0. This specifies the network that your server will ``live'' on.

When this dialog first appears default values will be inserted. Change these to your networks settings.

The following screen shot is an example after all the NIC information is entered into the system.

• [NOTE:]If you plan on using PPPoE two interfaces are required and one must be a static IP. Additionally the static interface must be defined as the gateway and the DNS server. Additional information concerning PPPoE, DHCP and broadband usage can be found in Sections and .