Unless the network is not yet in existence, however, an address will already have been given to the network section that the Ethernet Card is to be plugged into. In this case, the interface card should be given an address that has the first three numbers of the address the same as the other devices on that network section, and be given a unique last (4th) number, different to that of any other device on that network section. The network supervisor should be able to advise what addresses are in use at the site.
How to input the IP Address
Use arp to set the IP address for the Ethernet Card, as described below:
1.Obtain a status sheet for the Ethernet Card (for Node addrs).
2.Enter command
or
PING the new IP address.
For Example:
PING 133.200.3.181
The Ethernet Card will be set to this IP address.
Caution:
Two different Ethernet cards should not be active on the same network until their addresses have been set, otherwise they will both have the same address (which will confuse the network).