Bradley Smoker PLC-5 Using Subnet Masks and Gateways, If You are Then See, 11-12, With subnets

Communicating with Devices on an Ethernet Network 11-11

Using Subnet Masks and Gateways

If your network is divided into subnetworks that use gateways or routers, you must indicate the following information when configuring channel 2:

•subnet mask

•gateway address

A subnet mask is a filter that a node applies to IP addresses to determine if an address is on the local subnet or on another subnet. If an address is located on another subnetwork, messages are routed through a local gateway to be transferred to the destination subnetwork.

If your network is not divided into subnets, then leave the subnet mask field at the default.

If You are	Then	See Page
manually configuring channel 2	be sure the BOOTP enable field is set to No	11-12
and have a network with subnets	use your programming software to enter
	the subnet mask and gateway address; see
	.
using BOOTP to configure	be sure BOOTP is enabled	11-13
channel 2 and have a network
with subnets	configure the BOOTPTAB file to include the
	subnet mask(s) and gateway address(es)

Publication 1785-UM012D-EN-P - July 2005