Agilent Technologies manual How to Set a Static IP Address, N8201A Performance Downconverter on

2Hardware Setup and Configuration

How to Set a Static IP Address

The DHCP server automates the process of setting up the IP addresses on your network by default. When the N8201A performance downconverter is turned on, it searches for a DHCP server on the network and selects a “dynamic IP address”. Each time the N8201A performance downconverter is rebooted, the N8201A performance downconverter may get a different IP address. To set the N8201A performance downconverter to a static IP address, rather than allowing the DHCP server to select an auto IP address:

1Assign a N8201A performance downconverter instrument IP address that will work with your computer.

N O T E	For a company wide network, your system administrator will have to assign an IP address
	that is compatible with your PC. If you have a private LAN network or a direct connection
	from your PC to the instrument, you can assign the IP address. Refer to “Step 1. Unpack the
	N8201A Performance Downconverter" on page 28.
	2 Connect the N8201A performance downconverter in one of the following two
	configurations:
	• Connect a LAN cable from the LAN connector on your PC to an empty connector on
	your internal local area network or LAN hub. Connect a LAN cable from the LAN
	connector on the rear panel of the N8201A performance downconverter to an empty
	connector on your internal local area network or LAN hub.

Figure 1 Connecting the PC LAN cable to a company/private LAN to the instrument LAN

•Connect a cross-over cable from the LAN connector on your PC to the LAN connector on the rear panel of the N8201A performance downconverter.

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