71.2. How to activate a new Ethernet port

Physical connection:

Enter into the Abilis control-program or open the configuration file with the Console configurator and type the following commands.

a dev:eth-2Add an Ethernet device (e.g. ETH-2).
a res:ip-2 subtype:lanAdd an “IP over LAN” resource (e.g. IP-2).
s p ip-2 lanres:eth-2Configure the ETH-2 as the IP-2 lower resource.
s p ip-2 ipadd:192.168.2.1 mask:255.255.255.0Configure the IP address and the mask.
s p ip-2 descr:LAN_2Configure the description of the IP resource.
save confSave the configuration.

On a working Abilis, a system restart is required to make the ETH-2 device and the IP-2 resource running.

[Caution]Caution

The IP addresses of the Ethernet ports must belong to different LANs!