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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<Enter>
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<Enter>
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<Enter>
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<Enter>
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