Using IP Alias

- What is IP Alias?

In a typical environment, a LAN router is required to connect two local networks. As the P-334U/P-335U can connect three local networks to the ISP or a remote node, we call this function as 'IP Alias'. In this case, an internal router is not required. For example, the network manager can divide the local network into three networks and connect them to the Internet using P-334U/P-335U's single user account. See the figure below.

The P-334U/P-335U supports three virtual LAN interfaces via its single physical Ethernet interface. There are three internal virtual LAN interfaces for the P-334U/P-335Uto route the packets from/to the three networks correctly. Therefore, three routes are created in the P-334U/P-335U as shown below when the three networks are configured. If the P-334U/P-335U's DHCP is also enabled, the IP pool for the clients can be any of the three networks.

IP Alias Setup

Key Settings:

IP Alias 1 | enter the second LAN IP address for the P-334U/P-335U. This will create the second route in the enif0:0 interface.
IP Alias 2 | enter the third LAN IP address for the P-334U/P-335U. This will create the third route in the enif0:1 interface.

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