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Ethernet

The Ethernet interface enables the xPico 600 gateway to connect quickly to an Ethernet network. When the DHCP client is enabled, the network DHCP server will assign an IP address.

Note

All network settings require a reboot to take effect.

Use one of the following methods to set up the Ethernet interface:

In the Web Manager, go to Network > eth0 > Interface.

For CLI, see Config Interface Level

For XML, see configgroup interface

Network eth0 Interface Configuration Settings

The following table describes the Web Manager Network eth0 Interface Configuration settings.

Links to the equivalent settings for the CLI and XML reference are listed below.

CLI settings: See Config Interface Level

XML settings: See configgroup interface

Network eth0 Interface Settings Description
State Enable or disable the Ethernet administrative state.
Hostname Hostname may contain up to 63 characters.
Priority Priority that the gateway will use when doing a TCP or UDP connect.
MSS Maximum Segment Size quantity in bytes. The MSS quantity applies to TCP connections on the Interface. This can be useful to avoid fragmentation over the network, which may be required because this device does not perform reassembly.
DHCP Client Enable or disable the DHCP Client.
IP Address IP Address. If not using the DHCP capabilities of the device, enter the static IP address to use for the interface. You may enter it alone (i.e., 192.168.1.1), in CIDR format (i.e., 192.168.1.1/24), or with an explicit mask (i.e., 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0).
Domain May contain up to 128 characters.
NOTE: A fully qualified domain name must end with a period, for example "lantronix.com."; a partial Domain will not have a trailing "." and is not fully qualified.
If DHCP Client is "Enabled", it concatenates the Hostname with Domain and requests the DHCP server to update the DNS A and PTR RRs.
This setting is not applicable to ap0.
Default Gateway Default Gateway.
DNS This setting allows configuration of the DNS server address when the network address is obtained dynamically. Works on any interface where DHCP is configurable. Set to Static to specify DNS server IP address, or set to DHCP to let DHCP server determine DNS server address.
Primary DNS Primary DNS IP address.
Secondary DNS Secondary DNS IP address.

The Ethernet MAC on the module interfaces with external PHY devices via the RMII interface. The PHY has a specific address on the MDIO bus that must be specified.

The Ethernet link speed can be configured to automatic negotiation, 10 Mbps, or 100 Mbps. When not configured for automatic negotiation, the duplex mode can be set for half- or full-duplex mode.

EAP authentication can be used with the eth0 interface to provide mutual authentication algorithms to validate the client with the backend authentication server and exchange keys needed to access the network. EAP methods supported include EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP. EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP with EAP-TLS require the use a TLS credential. See Data Communication Security (TLS) for more details.

In the Web Manager, go to Network > eth0 > Link > Configuration to configure the link settings. After you save the changes, re-establish connections on the Ethernet link.

For the CLI, see Config Ethernet level

For XML, see configgroup Ethernet

The following table describes the Web Manager Network eth0 Link Configuration settings.

Network eth0 Link Configuration Settings Description
PHY Address Mode May be "Auto" or "Manual".
The PHY Address is the address of the external Ethernet PHY device on the MDIO bus. Most PHYs support address 0, but can generally be configured to something else with hardware strapping.
If set to Auto, the MDIO bus will be probed to find the address.
Speed This is the speed of the Ethernet interface. Choices: Auto, 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps. The default is Auto. The Duplex option appears if you select 10 or 100.
Duplex Duplex mode of the Ethernet interface. Choices: Half or Full. The default is Half. Duplex is required only when Speed is set not set to Auto.