TMG:Change Management IP Address - Revision history

Luc Morissette at 15:35, 24 March 2021

2021-03-24T15:35:05Z

Luc Morissette: default unit is shipped with static IP, simplified the page

2021-03-24T15:32:39Z

default unit is shipped with static IP, simplified the page

Allyntree: /* Change dhcp to static */

2015-04-27T18:54:23Z

Change dhcp to static

Allyntree: /* Change dhcp to static */

2015-04-27T18:53:48Z

Change dhcp to static

Allyntree: /* Modify static IP address */

2015-04-27T18:52:53Z

Modify static IP address

Allyntree at 18:52, 27 April 2015

2015-04-27T18:52:25Z

Allyntree at 18:51, 27 April 2015

2015-04-27T18:51:40Z

Allyntree at 18:50, 27 April 2015

2015-04-27T18:50:39Z

Allyntree at 18:50, 27 April 2015

2015-04-27T18:50:20Z

Allyntree: Fix some typos, slight reword.

2015-04-27T18:49:49Z

Fix some typos, slight reword.

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-This article explains how to modify the management network interface of [[TMG800]], [[TMG3200]], and [[TMG7800-CTRL]], and the control ports of the TMG7800-CTRL. <br>
+This article explains how to modify the management network interface of [[TMG800]], [[TMG3200]], and [[TMG7800|TMG7800-CTRL]]<br>
 TMG800 and TMG7800-CTRL have MTMG0 and MGMT1 interface configured in bonding. Only one can be connected if management redundancy is not necessary.<br>
 TMG3200 have MGMT0 interface. Redundant management interfaces can be configured after initial configuration.<br>
-[[Tmedia]] devices have a default management IP address of 172.24.0.2<br>
+[[Tmedia]] devices have a default management IP address of '''172.24.0.2'''<br>
 To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port. See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation|installation guides]] for further information.<br>

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-This article explains how to modify the management network interface of TMG800, TMG3200, and TMG7800-CTRL (MGMT0),
+This article explains how to modify the management network interface of [[TMG800]], [[TMG3200]], and [[TMG7800-CTRL]], and the control ports of the TMG7800-CTRL. <br>
-and the control ports of the TMG7800-CTRL (ETH0, ETH1).
-By default, all [[Tmedia]] management ports (MGMT0 for the TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL, and ETH0 and ETH1 for the TMG7800-CTRL) are configured as DHCP. To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port. See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation|installation guides]] for further information.
+To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port. See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation|installation guides]] for further information.<br>
+TMG800 devices can also connect via the USB port.<br>
 To avoid modification of the configuration files using 'vim' or 'nano', which is not very user friendly; TelcoBridges created a shell script to simplify the network configuration of the [[Tmedia]].
 The script will allow you to:
-* Change the IP address of the MGMT0 port, and ETH0 and ETH1 ports (for TMG7800-CTRL)
+* Change the IP address, subnet and gateway of the management port
-* Change the default network interface and IP address
+* Change the Domain name servers (DNS) used by the internal host.
 * Change the DNS
-−
-−
-<span style="color:#B22222">
-''WARNING'': Remember to restart Toolpack after you change the IP address.
-</span>
 == TMG shell command ==
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 *You can ask the script to restart the network service and apply the new configuration.
   Would you like to restart the network service now ?[No]                                     --> yes
-'''NOTE:''' ''The networks 172.31.1.x (netmask 255.255.255.0) and 172.16.x.x and 172.18.x.x (netmask 255.255.0.0) cannot be used for the management Interface IP because they are reserved for internal use.''
+'''NOTE:''' The subnets 172.31.1.x, 172.16.x.x and 172.18.x.x are used by the Tmedia internal network.<br>

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   Do you want to save this new configuration ?[No]                                            --> yes
-*You can ask the script to restart the network service to restart to apply the new configuration.
+*You can ask the script to restart the network service and apply the new configuration.
   Would you like to restart the network service now ?[No]                                     --> yes

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 == Change dhcp to static ==
-This example changes the IP address from DHCP to static IP with no DNS server
+This example changes the IP address from DHCP to a static IP with no DNS server
 *Steps to modify mgmt0 from dhcp to static:
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 *Toolpack needs to be restarted to be aware of the change
   tbtoolpack restart
 == Change static to dhcp ==

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 == Modify static IP address ==
-This example changes the IP address to static address with no DNS server
+This example changes the IP address to a static address with no DNS server
 *Steps to modify mgmt0 from dhcp to static:
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 *Toolpack needs to be restarted to be aware of the change
   tbtoolpack restart
 == Change dhcp to static ==

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−	By default, all [[Tmedia]] management ports (MGMT0 for the TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL, and ETH0 and ETH1 for the TMG7800-CTRL) are configured as DHCP. To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port (See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation\|installation guides]] for ~~more details~~.	+	By default, all [[Tmedia]] management ports (MGMT0 for the TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL, and ETH0 and ETH1 for the TMG7800-CTRL) are configured as DHCP. To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port. See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation\|installation guides]] for further information.

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-This article explains how to modify the management network interface of TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL (MGMT0)
+This article explains how to modify the management network interface of TMG800, TMG3200, and TMG7800-CTRL (MGMT0),
 and the controls ports of the TMG7800-CTRL (ETH0, ETH1).
-By default, all [[Tmedia]] management ports (MGMT0 for the TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL and ETH0, ETH1 for the TMG7800-CTRL) are configured as DHCP. To modify it, the [[Tmedia]] can be accessed through the serial port (See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation|installation guides]] for more details.
+By default, all [[Tmedia]] management ports (MGMT0 for the TMG800, TMG3200, TMG7800-CTRL, and ETH0 and ETH1 for the TMG7800-CTRL) are configured as DHCP. To modify this default setting, the [[Tmedia]] is accessed through the serial port (See section '5.1 Connecting to the Serial Port' of the product [[Tmedia_Installation|installation guides]] for more details.
 To avoid modification of the configuration files using 'vim' or 'nano', which is not very user friendly; TelcoBridges created a shell script to simplify the network configuration of the [[Tmedia]].
-The script will allow you to modify:
+The script will allow you to:
-* Change IP address of the MGMT0 port and ETH0 and ETH1 ports (for TMG7800-CTRL)
+* Change the IP address of the MGMT0 port and ETH0 and ETH1 ports (for TMG7800-CTRL)
-* Change default network interface and/or IP address
+* Change the default network interface and IP address
-* Change DNS
+* Change the DNS
 <span style="color:#B22222">
-''WARNING'': Remember to restart Toolpack after changing the IP address.
+''WARNING'': Remember to restart Toolpack after you change the IP address.
 </span>
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 == Modify static IP address ==
-This example changes the IP static address with no DNS server
+This example changes the IP address to static address with no DNS server
 *Steps to modify mgmt0 from dhcp to static:
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   Enter network mask ?[]                                                                      --> 255.255.255.0
-*Steps to modify the default gateway address (this is necessary to give an IP address when in static)
+*Steps to modify the default gateway address (this is necessary to assign an IP address when in static mode.)
   Would you like to modify the default gateway address ?[No]                                  --> yes
   Enter default gateway ip address ?[]                                                        --> 10.0.0.1
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   Would you like to reconfigure the DNS (enter 'remove' to erase dns) ?[No]                   --> remove
-*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge those changes.
+*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge the changes.
   Do you want to save this new configuration ?[No]                                            --> yes
-*You can ask the script to restart the network service to restart to apply the new configuration.
+*You can ask the script to restart the network service and apply the new configuration.
   Would you like to restart the network service now ?[No]                                     --> yes
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   Enter network mask ?[]                                                                      --> 255.255.255.0
-*Steps to modify the default gateway address (this is necessary to give an IP address when in static)
+*Steps to modify the default gateway address (this is necessary to assign an IP address when in static mode.)
   Would you like to modify the default gateway address ?[No]                                  --> yes
   Enter default gateway ip address ?[]                                                        --> 192.168.0.1
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   Would you like to reconfigure the DNS (enter 'remove' to erase dns) ?[No]                   --> remove
-*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge those changes.
+*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge the changes.
   Do you want to save this new configuration ?[No]                                            --> yes
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 == Change static to dhcp ==
-This example changes the IP address from static to DHCP IP with DNS server (1 domain and 2 nameservers)
+This example changes the IP address from static to DHCP IP with a DNS server (1 domain and 2 nameservers)
 *Steps to modify mgmt0 from static to dhcp:
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   Select the host dhcp name ?[TB006201]                                                       --> TB006201
-*Steps to configure the DNS (this example will setup 1 search domain and 2 nameservers)
+*Steps to configure the DNS (this example will set up 1 search domain and 2 nameservers)
   Would you like to modify the DNS configuration ?[No]                                        --> yes
   Would you like to reconfigure the DNS (enter 'remove' to erase dns) ?[No]                   --> yes
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   Third nameserver ip address (enter 'remove' to remove entry)  ?[]                           -->
-*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge those changes.
+*The script will show you the new configuration. Then you can acknowledge the changes.
   Do you want to save this new configuration ?[No]                                            --> yes
-*You can ask the script to restart the network service to restart to apply the new configuration.
+*You can ask the script to restart the network service and apply the new configuration.
   Would you like to restart the network service now ?[No]                                     --> yes
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-'''NOTE:''' ''The networks 172.31.1.x (netmask 255.255.255.0) and 172.16.x.x and 172.18.x.x (netmask 255.255.0.0) cannot be used for the management Interface IP as they are being used internally.''
+'''NOTE:''' ''The networks 172.31.1.x (netmask 255.255.255.0) and 172.16.x.x and 172.18.x.x (netmask 255.255.0.0) cannot be used for the management Interface IP because they are reserved for internal use.''