Getting Started
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CyberGuard SG Gateway Appliances
Set up a PC to Connect to the Web Management Console
The CyberGuard SG appliance ships with initial, static IP settings of:
IP address:
192.168.0.1
Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
Your CyberGuard SG appliance will need a suitable IP address before it is connected to
your LAN.
You may choose to use the CyberGuard SG appliance’s initial network
settings as a basis for your LAN settings.
Connect the supplied power adapter to the CyberGuard SG appliance.
If you are setting up the SG300, attach your PC’s network interface card directly to any of
its
LAN
switch ports.
If you are setting up the SG560, SG565 or SG580, attach your PC’s network interface
card directly any port on switch
A
(
A1
–
A4
).
Otherwise, connect the CyberGuard SG appliance’s
LAN
Ethernet port directly to your
PC’s network interface card using the crossover cable (red or gray).
Note
All other network ports are by default inactive, i.e. there are no network services such as
DHCP in operation, and no IP address is configured.
You may attach the CyberGuard SG appliance directly to your LAN at this point, however
before doing so, it is critical that you ensure there are no other devices on the LAN
.
If you attach the CyberGuard SG appliance directly to
a LAN with an existing DHCP server, or a PC running a DHCP service, it will
automatically obtain an additional address.
Your CyberGuard SG appliance will still be