How To Connect Your Bloodhound To The Internet Via Ethernet
Specifically, it addresses how to use the on-board Ethernet (network) card to make this
connection.
PREREQUISITES/ASSUMPTIONS:
1) You need to be on-site with the Bloodhound.
2) You will need a working on-site Local-Area-Network (LAN), including a network router
capable of allocating and dishing out IP Addresses. This router will need to have at least
one (1) open network port.
3) If you are trying to connect the Bloodhound to the Internet, the router mentioned above
must be part of a network that has direct access to the network. This article assumes
that you have a working LAN with access to the Internet.
4) In order to connect to the Internet, the network must not have any firewalls that block
the ports associated with the Bloodhound fleet. For more information on what ports
need to be open for the Bloodhound and its software to function, find the article entitled,
"What IP Addresses and Ports need to be Opened on my Firewall?" in the section at the
end of this article called, "OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST".
5) You will need a CAT-5 or CAT-6 network cable long enough to make the run between the
Bloodhound and the network router. This cable must have RJ-45 network connectors on
the ends. An example of one of these cables is shown in the figure below:
HOW-TO:
1) CONNECT THE NETWORK CABLE TO THE BLOODHOUND: Find the RJ-45 network
connection on the Bloodhound (identified in the figure below) and carefully connect one
end of an RJ-45 network cable to this port:
2) CONNECT THE CABLE TO THE ROUTER: Carefully plug the other end of the RJ-45 network
cable into the network router.
3) POWER THE BLOODHOUND ON: If the Bloodhound is not powered on, power it on now, and
wait a few minutes for it to fully boot up.
4) POWER THE NETWORK ROUTER ON: If it is not already powered on, turn on your network
router.
5) VERIFY CONNECTIVITY: There are two valuable indicators that the network is connected:
a) HARDWARE CONNECTIVITY: Look carefully at where you plugged the RJ-45 cable into
your network router. Most network routers have lights at the port. If you see lights come
on when you plug in the Bloodhound, and they are "flashing" intermittently (as if to indicate
data flow) then the most basic hardware connection between your Bloodhound and the
network router is working.
b) FIND THE NETWORK ADDRESS FIELD: If you look at the face of the Bloodhound and find
the LCD, note the bottom-right "field" on the LCD is "rotating" through a number of values
(this field's location is identified in the figure below):
c) CHECK THE NETWORK ADDRESS: Wait for the "Network Address" value to appear. When
the Bloodhound is not connected via a network connection, this address shows as,
"0.0.0.0:23". When it is connected to a Local-Area-Network (LAN) and has allocated a
network address, it *might* show something like, "192.168.1.3". If you see the former,
wait a few minutes for everything to boot up and have time to connect. If you see the
latter, the Bloodhound is connected to the network.
d) WAIT FOR connection: You may need to wait several minutes for the Bloodhound to
make a connection to the Internet. If you have a good network address have waited for
more than 10 minutes or so, consult the article entitled, "How to Troubleshoot a Network
(Ethernet) connection Problems" in the section called "OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST" at
the end of this article.
Congratulations! You have connected your Bloodhound to the Internet via Ethernet!