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Configuring Network Settings for Your FireScope Appliance

How To | Administration

Use the Configure Networking page to configure network interface, host name, and Domain Name Service (DNS) settings for the appliance. Click Save to save changes.

Some settings may be assigned automatically by DHCP according to your network's DHCP configuration. To prevent network access issues, do not override DHCP-assigned settings unless informed otherwise.

 

Steps to Access

  1. Log in to the FireScope Appliance Configuration interface, through one of two ways:
    1. If you are currently logged into FireScope as a FireScope Administrator, is by clicking on the Administration menu and selecting the last link, titled 'Appliance Configuration Wizard'.
    2. From a browser window type in the address of your FireScope appliance, and add :8004 to the end (e.g. http://192.168.0.1:8004)
  2. Click on Configuration.
  3. Click on Network Configuration.

 

Appliance Host Server

 

Select whether the host name is provided automatically by DHCP. If you select No, type the desired host name in the text box provided.

DNS Servers

 

Complete the DNS configuration for the appliance, including the following items:

  • Obtain DNS servers from DHCP? -- Select whether the DNS servers that the appliance should use are provided automatically by DHCP.

  • DNS servers -- If you select No to obtaining DNS servers from DHCP, speDevicefy one or more DNS servers in this field. Click Add server to add a new server entry, and click the "X" beside the entry to delete it. Modify the entry directly to change it.

  • Search domain -- Use this to designate one or more domains to search automatically during network interactions when the destination host is not speDevicefied with a fully qualified domain name. For example, if the appliance uses the search domain "example.com," and the appliance attempts to find "fs1," the appliance will search for "fs1.example.com." Include as many search domains as the appliance requires, separated by spaces and first-to-last in the order in which they should be searched.

  • Gateway -- Use this to designate the IP address of the gateway that the appliance uses to send network traffic outside of its local network segment.

 

Network Interfaces

 

The Network Interfaces part of Configure Networking lists each network interface and its corresponding MAC address. The first interface is typically "eth0" for the first ethernet interface. Each section includes the following configurable fields:

  • Obtain device configuration from DHCP? -- Select whether this interface should obtain its settings automatically by DHCP. If you select No, complete the IP address, Netmask, and Gateway text boxes with static entries.

  • IP address -- Use this to designate a valid IP address for the network interface.

  • Netmask -- Use this to provide the network mask for the network segment on which the interface resides.

  • Gateway -- Use this to provide the gateway for the network segment on which the interface resides.

 

 

 

 

  • This article applies to
  • FireScope Unify
  • Version
  • 2.1.4

 

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