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Appendix G: More about how the gateway finds
the server
Commissioning of gateways
If the gateway is located on the same subnet as the server, the gateway will locate
the server using announcement broadcast without any need for manual
configuration. However, the normal case is that the server and the gateway are
located on different subnets. The first gateway for each subnet requires help from
the DNS to locate the server.
Single server - commissioning of gateways with DNS
1. Add a DNS entry called timeloxserver and let its IP address be the address of
the application server to which the new gateway shall connect. The gateway
will then make a DNS query using the name timeloxserver and in this way get
the IP address of the server.
2. Connect the gateway to Ethernet and wait for it to appear in the SysMon
Online Network tree.
Multiple servers - commissioning of gateways with DNS
In the steps below, it is necessary to know the system code. To find it, double click
on System settings under Reports in the software navigation window.
Figure G1
1. For each application server, add a new DNS entry with the system name for
the concerned server. The system name is timelox_12-character system code
without dashes, e.g. timelox_D124BD233D13.
2. In order to find the correct server at first installation, the gateways must be
installed for one server at a time.
3. Let timeloxserver refer to the IP address of the first application server.
4. When all gateways have been installed for one server, the DNS entry for
timeloxserver must be changed to the IP address of the next server.
5. When all gateways for the last server have been installed, the timeloxserver
entry must be removed.