NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual | Web Console Configuration |
Network Settings
You must assign a valid IP address to NPort 5600 before it will work in your network environment. Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and related settings for your network. The IP address must be unique within the network (otherwise, NPort 5600 will not have a valid connection to the network). First time users can refer to Chapter 3, Initial IP Address Configuration, for more information.
You can choose from four possible IP Configuration
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Static |
| User defined IP address, Netmask, Gateway. |
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DHCP |
| DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and Time | ||
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| DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and Time | ||
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BOOTP |
| BOOTP Server assigned IP address |
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IP Address |
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| Factory Default | Necessity | |
E.g., 192.168.1.1 |
| 192.168.127.254 | Required | |
(IP addresses of the form x.x.x.0 and |
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x.x.x.255 are invalid.) |
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An IP address is a number assigned to a network device (such as a computer) as a permanent address on the network. Computers use the IP address to identify and talk to each other over the