Manage network interfaces

Access Gateway lets you manage your network interfaces through the Access Gateway Management console.

Create a network interface

See Network interfaces.

Assign an IP address to an interface

  1. In the Access Gateway Management console, press 1 - Manage network interfaces to enter the Access Gateway Network Setup menu.
  2. Press the number for the networking interface that you want to manage.
  3. Press a to assign a static IP address. If an interface already has a static IP address, or has a DHCP-assigned address, then this option is unavailable.
  4. Enter the IP address, and then press Enter.
  5. Enter the netmask for the address as four hexadecimal digits and press Enter.
  6. Enter the gateway address for the static IP address and press Enter. The Access Gateway Management console displays a confirmation message.
  7. Press c to continue with the change.
  8. Press d to set up DHCP for the interface.
  9. Press y.

Manage interface routing

  1. In the Access Gateway Management console, press 1 - Manage network interfaces to enter the Network menu.
  2. Press r to open the Manage Routes submenu.
  3. Press a to add a route.
  4. Press y to make this route the default route, otherwise press n.
  5. Press Enter.
  6. Enter the gateway for the route and press Enter.
  7. Enter the destination for the route and press Enter. The Access Gateway Management console displays a confirmation message.
  8. Press d to delete a route. This displays a list of routes that you can choose to delete.
  9. Press the number of the route to delete.
  10. Press y to confirm. The route is unassigned from the interface and you return to the Add/Delete IP addresses submenu.
  11. Return to the main networking menu.
  12. Press c to commit the changes.

Manage DNS settings

  1. In the Access Gateway Management console, press 1 - Manage network interfaces to open the Access Gateway Network Setup menu.
  2. Press 8 from the Access Gateway Network Setup menu. The current DNS Name Server settings appear.
  3. Press x to exit and return to the Access Gateway Network Setup menu.

Create a NIC bonding

NIC bonding is the process of combining two ethernet ports together into a bonded virtual port. Typically, NIC bonding is used if there is sufficient traffic on a single port to saturate a single network connection.

  1. In the Access Gateway Management console, press 1 - Manage network interfaces to enter the Access Gateway Network Setup menu.
  2. Press 5 to set up NIC bonding.
  3. Enter the IP address, and then press Enter.
  4. Enter the netmask value, and then press Enter.
  5. Enter the default gateway value, and then press Enter.
  6. Enter the primary DNS server value, and then press Enter.
  7. Enter the secondary DNS server value, and then press Enter.
  8. Enter the search domain address, and then press Enter.
  9. Press c to commit the changes.
  10. Review the network configuration. To confirm the changes, press y, and then press Enter. To discard your changes and return to the Access Gateway Network Setup menu, press n, and then press Enter.
  11. After the change is complete, press any key to return to the Access Gateway Network Setup menu.

Run a cURL connectivity test

You can validate connectivity to your back-end servers or other URLs.

  1. In the Access Gateway Management console, press 1 - Manage network interfaces to enter the Network menu.
  2. Press u - Connectivity test (cURL).
  3. Enter the URL to which you want to test connectivity.
  4. Press Enter to return to the 1 - Network menu.

Related topics

Network interfaces

Command Line Management Console reference