IP configuration
Force new IP address using ARP+PING
When FieldCommander is outside of your subnet or or you don't recall it's current address, you cannot open the configuration web pages to change the IP settings. To solve this, you can force FieldCommander to accept a new IP address by way of ARP and PING commands.
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
To force a new IP address into FieldCommander, start a command prompt and type the following commands:
arp
Example:
arp
The response will be something similar to the following:
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.4.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.4.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.4.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
The new address takes effect immediately and you can access FieldCommander with that IP address through your browser right away. You will now have to use the web browser to make permanent changes to the IP configuration.
Unix, Linux and OS/2
"arp" is part of the
To force a new IP address into FieldCommander, type the following commands:
arp
Example: |
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arp | temp |
ping 192.168.4.1 |
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You will see a response similar to this: |
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64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=50 usec
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=53 usec
The new address takes effect immediately and you can access FieldCommander with that IP address through your browser right away. You will now have to use the web browser to make permanent changes to the IP configuration.
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