deXlan IP-KVM user manual Device Settings, Network

Single port KVM over IP switch

• Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers)

To support signal transmission from a Sun machine, enable this option. If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible.

To set the options, click on the button “ Apply ” .

6.5Device Settings

6.5.1Network

The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 6-19allows changing network related parameters. Each parameter will be explained below. Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect.

Figure 6-19. Network Settings

Warning

The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 4-1 .

Warning

Changing the network settings of the IP-KVM switch might result in losing connection to it. In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the IP-KVM switch.

IP auto configuration

With this option you can control if the IP-KVM switch should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server. For DHCP, select “ dhcp ” , and for BOOTP select “ bootp ” accordingly. If you choose “ none ” then IP auto configuration is disabled.

IP address

IP address in the usual dot notation.