Planet Technology MH-2001 - Manual (Page 40)

MH-2001 Multi-Homing Security Gateway User’s Manual
Chapter 5: Interface
In this section, the Administrator can set up the IP addresses for the office network. The Administrator may
configure the IP addresses of the LAN network, the WAN 1/2 network, and the DMZ network. The netmask
and gateway IP addresses are also configured in this section.
5.1 LAN
Entering the Interface menu:
Click on Interface in the left menu bar. Then click on LAN below it. The current settings of the interface
addresses will appear on the screen.
Modify the Interface Settings
Using the LAN Interface, the Administrator sets up the LAN network. The LAN network will use a private IP
scheme. The private IP network will not be routable on the Internet.
IP Address: The private IP address of MH-2001 LAN network is the IP address of the LAN port of the device.
The default IP address is 192.168.1.1. If the new LAN IP Address is not 192.168.1.1, the Administrator needs
to set the IP Address on the computer to be on the same subnet as MH-2001 and restart the System to make
the new IP address effective. For example, if MH-2001’s new LAN IP Address is 172.16.0.1, then enter the
new LAN IP Address 172.16.0.1 in the URL field of browser to connect to MH-2001.
NetMask: This is the subnet mask of the LAN network. The default netmask of the device is 255.255.255.0.
Ping: Select this to allow the LAN network to ping the IP Address of MH-2001. If set to enable, the device will
respond to ping packets from the LAN network.
HTTP: Select this to allow the device WEBUI to be accessed from the LAN network.
Do not cancel WebUI selection before not setting Permitted IPs yet. It will cause the Administrator
cannot be allowed to enter the MH-2001’s WebUI from LAN.
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