IP Settings Fields
The IP Settings fields let you view and edit settings unique to the Ethernet interface. After editing any of the IP settings, click the Submit button at the bottom of this section.
Unit Name field
The Unit Name field contains the name used as the “from” information when the DVS
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DHCP radio buttons
The DHCP On radio button directs the DVS to ignore any entered IP addresses and to obtain its IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (if the network is DHCP capable).
The DHCP Off radio button turns DHCP off (default).
Contact your local system administrator for this setting.
IP Address field
The IP Address field contains the IP address of the connected DVS. This address is encoded in the scaler flash memory.
Valid IP addresses consist of four octets:
The
NOTE: IP address changes can cause conflicts with other equipment. Only local system 
administrators should change IP addresses.
Gateway IP Address field
The Gateway IP Address field identifies the address of the gateway (to the mail server) to be used if the scaler and the mail server are not on the same subnet.
The gateway IP address has the same validity rules as the system IP address (see “IP Address field,” above).
Subnet Mask field
The Subnet Mask field is used to determine whether the scaler is on the same subnet as the mail server when you are using a subnet (see “Subnetting, a Primer” on page 120 for more information).
The subnet mask address has the same validity rules as the system IP and gateway IP addresses.
MAC Address field
The MAC (media access control) address is a unique hardware address by which each individual DVS 510 can be identified. It consists of six pairs of characters separated by hyphens. For all Extron products, the first three character pairs are
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