NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual | IP Serial LIB |
IP Location
When NPort 5600 series products are used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more time with IP management tasks. NPort 5600 series products help out by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP location server, in case the dynamic IP has changed.
yReceive NPort’s IP location report
yCentralize NPort’s IP management in a dynamic IP environment.
1.Configure NPort with Dynamic IP settings. For example, DHCP, BOOTP and DHCP/BOOTP. Assign the remote Auto IP report server’s IP address and UDP port.
2.Select the IP Location Report, and click the right mouse button to select Settings.
3.Then configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort’s “Auto report to UDP port” setting.
4.Click GO to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort.
