Direct connection

It is necessary to connect a crossover network cable to the NIC of the management station (e.g. a laptop PC) and to the NIC on the IPBricks computer. (Figure4.1).

Figure 4.1: Direct connection between an IPBrick and a PC
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In this scenario, the network configuration of the management station may be set to receive automatic IP address and DNS configuration - DHCP client.

In the following configuration example we will be using a laptop computer installed with the MS Windows XP operating sistem.

The configuration received from the DHCP is:



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