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TCP/IP Administration
NOTE: A restart of the Sentry is required after setting or changing ANY TCP/IP configurations. See Performing a warm
boot on page 38 for more information.
Setting the IP address
The Set Ipaddress command sets the TCP/IP address of the network interface controller.
To set the IP address:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set ipaddress, followed by the IP address and press Enter.
Example
The following command sets the IP address to 12.34.56.78:
Sentry: set ipaddress 12.34.56.78
Setting the subnet mask
The Set Subnet command sets the subnet mask for the network the PT40 will be attached to.
To set the subnet mask:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set subnet, followed by the subnet mask and press Enter.
Example
The following command sets the subnet mask to 255.0.0.0
Sentry: set subnet 255.0.0.0
Setting the gateway
The Set Gateway command sets the IP address of the default gateway the Sentry uses to access external
networks.
To set the gateway IP address:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set gateway, followed by the gateway IP address and press Enter.
Example
The following command set the gateway IP address to 12.34.56.1:
Sentry: set gateway 12.34.56.1
Setting the DNS IP address
The Set DNS command sets the TCP/IP address of the Domain Name server (DNS).
To set the DNS IP address:
At the Sentry: prompt, type set, followed by dns1 or dns2 and the Domain Name server’s IP address.
Press Enter.
Example
The following command sets the primary Domain Name server IP address to 98.76.54.254:
Sentry: set dns1 98.76.54.254
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