telesat LIGHTSPEED - Connecting a PC to the Network Emulator Management Port

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Telesat Lightspeed Emulator Installation Guide
Dynamic Network Conguration (DHCP)
By default, the Network Emulator will be congured with DHCP enabled. In this
mode, users can simply connect the Emulator to their test network with a DHCP
server and the Emulator will acquire an IP address to participate on customer’s
selected network automatically. The Network Emulator is intended to be installed
in Data Centre or Laboratory test environments. It is not recommended to connect
the device to a corporate network without appropriate design considered. Contact
Telesat for additional network design details.
3.2 Connecting a PC to the Network Emulator
Management Port
Note: A management LAN connection is not required to run the Network Emulator
default scenarios, Users can connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse directly to the
device to use it.
The Telesat Lightspeed Network Emulator can be managed through a browser-based
GUI on a PC over an Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Network Emulator
management interface (LAN 1 or Wi-Fi). The customer network or device to be
directly connected must be congured with appropriate settings prior to operation.
The Network Emulator must be connected to a private network, where internet
routable IP addresses are blocked. At minimum, the Emulator should be connected
behind a rewall device.
Static Network Conguration
The Network Emulator management port can be congured with a static IP address,
for this example 192.168.0.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 will be used.
Prerequisites
• A PC:
o With an Ethernet port that can be congured and placed on the
192.168.0.0/24 subnet
o Running any modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Edge).
• Ethernet cable
• The IP address to congure on the PC Ethernet port.