4: Configuration Using
Automatic IP Address Configuration
An IP address can be assigned automatically. You then enter related network settings.
To assign an IP address automatically:
1.On the main menu, click Network.
2.Select Obtain IP address automatically.
3.Enter the following (as necessary):
BOOTP | Select Enable to permit the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) |
| server to assign the IP address from a pool of addresses |
| automatically. Enable is the default. |
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DHCP | Select Enable to permit the Dynamic Host Configuration |
| Protocol (DHCP) to assign a leased IP address to the |
| UDS1100 unit automatically. Enable is the default. |
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AutoIP | Select Enable to permit the UDS1100 to generate an IP in the |
| 169.254.x.x address range with a Class B subnet. Enable is |
| the default. |
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DHCP Host Name | Enter the name of the host on the network providing the IP |
| address. |
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Note: Disabling BOOTP, DHCP, and AutoIP (all three checkboxes) is not advised as the only available IP assignment method will then be ARP or serial port.
4.When you are finished, click the OK button.
5.On the main menu, click Apply Settings.
Static IP Address Configuration
You can manually assign an IP address to the unit and enter related network settings.
To assign an IP address manually:
1.On the main menu, click Network.
2.Select Use the following IP configuration.
3.Enter the following (as necessary):
IP Address | If DHCP is not used to assign IP addresses, enter it manually |
| in |
| unique value in the network. |
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Subnet Mask | A subnet mask defines the number of bits taken from the IP |
| address that are assigned for the host part. |
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Default Gateway | The gateway address, or router, allows communication to |
| other LAN segments. The gateway address should be the IP |
| address of the router connected to the same LAN segment as |
| the unit. The gateway address must be within the local |
| network. |
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