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title: "Network"
description: "Set the default gateway and its priority, configure each interface with DHCP or a static address, and bind interfaces into a port trunk"
canonical_url: "https://docs.ardge.com/en/guide/manage-arx/network"
---
# Network

> Set the default gateway and its priority, configure each interface with DHCP or a static address, and bind interfaces into a port trunk

## Overview

Network decides how ARX joins your company network, and which IP other computers use to reach it.

For most situations, two settings are all you need to understand:

- **DHCP** — the network assigns the IP. The easiest to set up
- **Static IP** — ARX keeps a fixed IP. More common in a production server environment

<note>

If you're not sure about your company's gateway, subnet mask or fixed-IP rules, ask IT first.

</note>

![The General page under Network](https://docs.ardge.com/screenshots/guide/en/network.webp)

## General

The default gateway, and its priority order when there is more than one interface.

## Interfaces

One card per interface, showing its link status and current address. Configure each one with DHCP or a static address, along with the subnet mask, gateway and DNS.

![The network interface list](https://docs.ardge.com/screenshots/guide/en/net-01.webp)

![Static IP settings when editing an interface](https://docs.ardge.com/screenshots/guide/en/net-03.webp)

## Port Trunk (advanced)

When both the device and your network equipment support it, you can bind two or more interfaces into a **Port Trunk** (link aggregation) for throughput or redundancy, or unbind an existing one.

If a first deployment has no specific requirement, start with a single interface.

![Creating a port trunk](https://docs.ardge.com/screenshots/guide/en/net-04.webp)


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