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This section is an overview of the NetWall 100 Series product's external connectivity options.
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Note: The meaning of the terms "Front" and "Back" |
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The term "Front" will be used in this guide to refer to the side of the 100 Series that has the Ethernet ports and the term "Back" to the side that has the status lights. |
The NetWall 100 Series features the following connection ports:
4 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
These have the logical cOS Core interface names WAN1, LAN1, WAN2 and LAN2. These names are written above each interface on the NetWall 100 Series casing.
The LAN1 interface is used for initial management connection over a network. The WAN1 interface is normally used for the initial connection to the public Internet.
An RJ45 RS-232 console port
This port is used for direct access to the cOS Core Boot Menu and the cOS Core Command Line Interface (CLI). Connecting to this port is described in Section 3.5, Local Console Port Connection.
In the predefined default cOS Core configuration, the LAN1 interface of the NetWall 100 Series has an IPv4 DHCP server enabled so it will automatically hand out IP addresses belonging to the default management network to a connecting client. In addition, both the WAN1 and WAN2 interfaces have an IPv4 DHCP client enabled so that they can automatically be assigned an IP address if either or both are connected to an ISP (dual connection can provide redundancy).
The default cOS Core configuration contains a predefined IP rule set that allows clients on the G1 interface to automatically access the Internet via either WAN1 or WAN2. If both interfaces provide Internet access, WAN1 will take precedence because its predefined all-nets route has a lower metric value.
The default cOS Core configuration is discussed further in Section 4.1, The NetWall 100 Series Default Configuration.
Note that the WAN1 interface must have a connection to the Internet if the unit is to be automatically managed on initial startup by InControl using the Zero Touch feature. This is discussed further in Section 1.4, Zero Touch Support.
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Note: The two USB Type A ports are not currently used |
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The two USB Type A ports on the 100 Series front panel are for future functionality and are not currently used by cOS Core. |
All the Ethernet interface ports function independently of each other and are capable of link speed auto-negotiation. The interface names are written by each interface.
The full connection capabilities of all the NetWall 100 Series Ethernet interfaces are listed at the end of Appendix A, NetWall 100 Series Specifications.
RJ45 Ethernet Interface Status LEDs
The status lights on the NetWall 100 Series RJ45 Ethernet interface sockets indicate the following states for each interface:Left LED:
Right LED:
