Automatic Private Ip Addressing Without A Dhcp Server; Configure Channel Bonding - NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200 Software Manual

Automatic Private IP Addressing without a DHCP Server

The ReadyDATA 5200 requires an IPv4 DHCP server for initial configuration of the VNICs,
which, by default, are configured as DHCP clients.
If the ReadyDATA 5200 cannot locate a DHCP server, it is assigned an Auto-IP address
through Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA). The IP address is in the 169.254.x.x/16
subnet. The last two octets of the address are based on the MAC address of the physical
interface, which is printed on a label next to the physical interface. You need to convert the
hexadecimal MAC address to decimal numbers to determine the last two octets of the IP
address. In the unlikely situation that there is another device with the same IP address on the
subnet, the ReadyDATA 5200 attempts to use the next IP address (169.254.x.x+1).
As an example:
If the MAC address is 00:25:90:63:91:be, the IP address is 169.254.145.190/16.
The fifth octet of the MAC address is 91, which translates to 145 in decimal notation.
The sixth octet of the MAC address is be, which translates to 190 in decimal notation.

Configure Channel Bonding

Channel bonding is optional.
A bonded channel combines two Ethernet interfaces into a single logical link or link
aggregation group (LAG). Network devices treat the aggregation as if it is a single link, which
increases fault tolerance and provides load sharing.
The ReadyDATA 5200 supports a static LAG and a dynamic LAG with active or passive
LACP for automatic configuration of a channel link with another device. Both the ReadyDATA
5200 and the device with which the channel link is established need to support the same
mode (static LAG or dynamic LAG).
On the ReadyDATA 5200, LAGs are implemented with three hash types:
• Layer 2. Based on the source and destination MAC addresses. All traffic between the
ReadyDATA 5200 and a particular device is transmitted on the same physical link.
• Layer 3. Based on the source and destination IP addresses. Here too, all traffic between
the ReadyDATA 5200 and a particular device is transmitted on the same physical link.
• Layer 4. Based on the source and destination port numbers. Traffic between the
ReadyDATA 5200 and a particular device can be spread across multiple links.
You can select to use combinations of hash types, in which case the hash types are used
simultaneously and the connection might be more secure but slightly slower.
After you create an aggregation link, you can expand the link with yet another interface (three
Ethernet interfaces), or even another aggregation link (four Ethernet interfaces). Alternately,
with four Ethernet interfaces, you can create two aggregation links and then aggregate these
two links into one double aggregation link that consists of all four Ethernet interfaces.
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To configure a bonded channel:
1. Select Network.
ReadyDATA OS 1.2
Configure the System Settings
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