Interfaces Local Area Networks(LANs)
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About Local Area Networks (LANs)
ALocal Area Network (LAN) connects network devices together, such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi, in a logical
Layer-2 network.
The following diagram showsa LAN connected to the ETH2 Ethernet device and the Digi AP access
point (available for Wi-Fi enabled models only). Once the LAN is configured and enabled, the devices
connected to the network interfacescan communicate with each other, as demonstrated by the ping
commands.
Configure a Local Area Network (LAN)
Configuring a Local Area Network (LAN) involvesconfiguring the following items:
Required configuration items
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Aname for the interface.
Note If the interface name is more than eight characters, the name will be truncated in the
underlying network interface to the first six characters followed by three digits, incrementing
from 000. This affects any custom scripts or firewall rulesthat may be trying to adjust the
interface or routing table entries.
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The interface type: either Ethernet, IP Passthrough, or PPPoE.
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The firewall zone: Internal.
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The network device or bridge that is used by the LAN.
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The IPv4 addressand subnet mask for the LAN. While it is not strictly necessary for a LAN to
havean IPaddress, if you want to send traffic from other networksto the LAN, you must
configure an IPaddress.
Note By default, ETH2 is set to an IPaddress of 192.168.2.1 and uses the IPsubnet of
192.168.2.0/24. If the WAN/ETH1 Ethernet device is being used by a WAN with the same IP
subnet, you should change the default IPaddress and subnet of LAN1.
Additional configuration items
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Additional IPv4 configuration:
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The type being the way to control how the modem in the Digi device obtains an IPaddress
from the cellular network.
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The metric for IPv4 routesassociated with the LAN.
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