Owner's manual

Setting Up Your Local Area Network

Planning your network

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Corporate environment

In this topology, the Magnia SG30’s public Ethernet port is

connected to a corporate LAN.

Direct connection to a LAN

Direct connection to the corporate LAN is via DHCP client

or static IP address.

DEFINITION: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a

TCP/IP protocol that enables PCs and client computers to get

temporary IP addresses from centrally-administered servers.

You perform the initial setup through the private

(Magnia SG30) network. Assuming the corporate LAN can

be considered a trusted and secure environment, you can turn

off the Magnia SG30 firewall. This way, the preinstalled

intranet and Administration Web site can be accessed from

clients connecting via the corporate LAN.

Wireless networking

Wireless communications provide the ability to connect client

computers to the Magnia SG30 and the network to the

Internet without using cables.

The Magnia SG30 can be purchased with a built-in wireless

capability, so that the server acts as the wireless access point

for your wireless network. If the Magnia SG30 contains the

wireless access point option, simply configure it for use (see

“Configuring wireless access” on page 45). Make sure clients

systems that are to be part of the wireless network have a

wireless 802.11b PC Card or PCI card installed.