Allied Telesis AR400 Series Router - Manual (Page 27)

Getting Started with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 27
Software Release 2.6.1
C613-02021-00 REV D
Option 1: Configuring the Router before Installation
Use this procedure if:
■ You want to configure the router before installing it in your LAN.
■ You will be installing the router at a remote office or a customer site and
want to configure it first.
■ You want a dedicated management PC permanently connected to the
router.
1. Select a PC to browse to the router from
You can browse to the router from any PC that is running a supported
operating system with a supported browser installed. See “Browser and PC
Setup” on page 24 for more information.
You need to know the PC’s subnet.
2. Connect the PC to the router
Use a straight-through Ethernet cable to connect an Ethernet card on the
PC to any one of the switch ports (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: Connecting a PC directly to the router.
You can browse to the router through any VLAN or ETH port, as long as you give that
interface an IP address (see below). The recommended LAN interface is vlan1, and these
instructions assume you will use vlan1 as the LAN interface. The switch ports all belong
to vlan1 by default.
3. Access the router’s command line interface
Access the CLI from the PC, as described in “Connecting a Terminal or PC”
on page 14.
4. Enable IP
ENABLE IP
5. Assign the vlan1 interface an IP address in the same subnet as the PC
ADD IP INTERFACE=vlan1 IP=ipaddress MASK=mask
6. Save the configuration and set the router to use it on bootup
CREATE CONFIG=your-name.cfg
SET CONFIG=your-name.cfg
7. On the PC, bypass the HTTP proxy server, if necessary
See “HTTP Proxy Servers” on page 25 for more information.
PC
AR400 Series router
Switch Ports
POWER
ON
OFF
RS-232
ETHERNET
3 4 5 0 WAN 1 DMZ ASYN1
ASYN0 CONSOLE
2 1
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX SWITCH PORTS
straight-through cable