Black Box 1-, 2-, and 4-Port Hardened Serial Servers manual Configuring the Hardened Serial Server

Chapter 4: Configuring the Hardened Serial Server

Setting the Hardened Serial Server to use UDP

1. Select UDP protocol.

Options are provided for sending and receiving data to and from:

•Nobody (one-way communication only).

•Everyone on a specific UDP port.

•Only specific IP addresses.

•Only a range of IP addresses.

Additional configuration fields appear depending on the options chosen.

2.Select the required “Send” options: a. “nobody”—sends to nobody.

b. “everyone on a specific UDP port (send broadcast)”—sends to all UDP ports on the network (specified later). c. “only specific IP addresses (send unicast)”—sends to specific network IP addresses (specified later).

d. “only a range of IP addresses (send unicast range)”—sends to all IP addresses within a specified range (specified later).

3.Configure the “Send IP addresses and port numbers:”

•If you selected: “everyone on a specific UDP port (send broadcast),” type the UDP port number into the “This is the UDP port I want to send data to:” box.

•If you selected: “only specific IP addresses (send unicast),” type the IP addresses and port numbers into the “These are the IP addresses I want to send data to:” text boxes.

•If you selected: “only a range of IP addresses (send unicast range),” type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the

“These are the IP addresses I want to send data to:” text boxes.

4.Select the required “Receive” options: a. “nobody”—receives from nobody

b. “everyone on a specific UDP port (receive broadcast)”—receives from all UDP ports on the network (specified later). c. “only specific IP addresses (receive unicast)”—receives from specific network IP addresses (specified later).

d. “only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast range)”—receives from all IP addresses within a specified range (specified later).

5.Configure the “Receive IP addresses and port numbers:”

•If you selected: “everyone on a specific UDP port (receive broadcast),” type the UDP port number into the “This is the UDP port

I want to receive data from:” box.

•If you selected: “only specific IP addresses (receive unicast),” type the IP addresses and port numbers into the “These are the IP addresses I want to receive data from:” text boxes.

•If you selected: “only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast range),” type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the “These are the IP addresses I want to receive data from:” text boxes.

6. Click “Save.”

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