Networking Options

The networking stack that is exposed in Synergy ∞IPV is very powerful. Depending on the physical configuration of your Synergy ∞IPV box you can have access of up to 4 10/100/1000 ports. Each physical port is capable of bridging between the other ports in the system. Each port can run multiple IP address, DHCP servers , and VLAN. It is also possible to configure the Synergy ∞IPV box a full NAT router with support for firewall rule sets.

Note: While Synergy ∞IPV support multiple IP address and sub net's only one interface can be configured as a WAN interface.

Default IP Address/Network Information:

By default Synergy ∞IPV provisions a IP of 192.168.4.1 with a sub net mask of 255.255.255.0 on its second network interface. When uploading your first configuration to the system you will need to put your computer into the same sub net and upload it to 192.168.4.1 if your network does not have a DHCP server. This interface sub net will always be active even once you have configured your own network setting in to the system.

Ethernet Port Configuration:

General Settings:

Each physical port has a primary IP setting this is done in the general settings section.

VLANS:

Each interface can support an unlimited number of VLAN interfaces. Just each physical interface can be part of the same VLANS depending on the applications needs. Just make sure to create a different IP address for each VLAN on each physical interface.

Note: It is currently not possible to assign a gateway address to a VLAN interface. This means that it will not be possible to provide WAN access to the Synergy ∞IPV box over a TAGED VLAN port it must be untagged.

IP Alias:

Each physical port can have multiple IP alias these are non-VLAN IP's. If you run multiple sub nets and don't use VLANS then you can build alias so they can communicate with Synergy ∞IPV.

DHCP Service:

If you wish to run a DHCP service from the primary IP address assigned in the General settings section of the port configuration, this section will allow you to configure the first and last IP address the DHCP server will deliver to clients. A DHCP service running off the primary IP address will NOT interfere with DHCP services running of the VLAN interfaces on the same port. An example of how this functionality can be used it configuring the primary IP DHCP server to hand out IP to end user computers. Configure your IP phone to work on a VLAN. Then setup a matching VLAN interface with a DHCP server and the phones will get IP's in the VLAN range.

Routes:

You can enter multiple routes per-Ethernet port, the gateway address must be reachable by a IP Addressed assigned to the port the route is configured on. The IP address can be the ports primary IP, a VLAN or ALIAS IP address.

Advanced:

The advanced section allows you to configure NAT and DNS settings and static IP assignment for all DHCP services on the system.

Static IP Assignment via DHCP:

The DHCP server allows you to statically assign an IP address based on the mac-address of the device requesting an IP. The static IP assignment system allows you to assign a IP as well as a router for environments with multiple internet gateways. Along with Primary and Secondary DNS (domain name server). The manager application has a button called “Load All Aastra Endpoints” this will load all the Aastra endpoints with mac-address into the static DHCP table. It will pre-configure all information based on the settings found in port 2 DHCP configuration.

You can hit the "Load ALL Aastra Endpoint" button and all extensions which have macadress set will popuplate the static IP table. If the macaddress is already in the table it will be skiped.

Port Forwarding:

When Synergy ∞IPV is acting as a router it is possible to setup portforwarding for services running inside the LAN.

VPN Support:

Synergy ∞IPV supports Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) to create secure encrypted VPN tunnels over a public internet connection. IPSec sufficiently address the usability needs of organizations with branch offices or remote users. IPSec can be implimented two different was Host-to-Host WAN IP to WAN IP, or Network-to-Network (oneLAN/WAN to another). Synergy ∞IPV uses a pre-shared key which is known by both endpoints prior to establishing the connection.

Host-to-Host IPSec Tunnel:

In this tunnel configuration traffice between two public IP's is encrypted in a IPSec tunnel.

Network-to-Network IPSec Tunnel:

This allows you to create an IPSec tunnel between two remote LAN segments.