Agilent Technologies manual Configuring the L4400 Instruments, Selecting a LAN Network

Software Installation and Configuration 2

Configuring the L4400 Instruments

Instrument configuration as applied to the L4400 series of LXI instruments involves the following:

•identifying the IP address and host name (LAN programming)

•(optional) setting the GPIB address

•testing the communication paths (LAN and/or GPIB) to the instrument

•opening the Web interface to the instrument

Each task listed above is accomplished using the Agilent Connection Expert Feature of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite.

The information included this section of the chapter is:

•Selecting a LAN Network

•Connecting the LAN Cables

•Configuring the LAN Interface

•GPIB Configuration

Selecting a LAN Network

This user’s guide defines a private (isolated) LAN as a network in which instrument access is limited to a direct connection between the computer and the instrument, or to multiple instruments connected via a dedicated router or switch. A site (company- wide) LAN is defined as a network in which instrument access is available to many users in on- site and remote locations.

The instrument’s application and/or your company’s Information Technology (IT) department may have guidelines that help decide the type (private or site) of network used. If a network configuration has not been determined, refer to the following considerations concerning each type.

Private LAN Considerations

Some of the basic parameters of a private LAN network to consider are: security, performance, reliability, and IP address availability.

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