User's Manual Part 1

NPort W2004 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration
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In order to use NPort W2004’s DNS feature, you need to configure the DNS server. Doing so
allows NPort W2004 to use a host’s domain name to access the host. NPort W2004 provides DNS
server 1 and DNS server 2 configuration items to configure the IP address of the DNS server. DNS
Server 2 is included for use when DNS sever 1 is unavailable.
Ethernet Configuration
You must assign a valid IP address to NPort W2004 before it will work in your network
environment. Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and
related settings for your network. The IP address must be unique within the network (otherwise,
NPort W2004 will not have a valid connection to the network). First time users should refer to
Chapter 3, “Initial IP Address Configuration,” for more information.
Choose from two possible “IP configuration” modes—Static and DHCP—located under the web
console screen’s IP configuration drop-down box.
IP configuration
Method Function Definition
Static User defined IP address, Netmask, Gateway.
DHCP
DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS,
and Time Server.
IP address
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., 192.168.1.1
(IP addresses of the form x.x.x.0
and x.x.x.255 are invalid.
192.168.126.254 Required
An IP address is a number assigned to a network device (such as a computer) as a permanent
address on the network. Computers use the IP address to identify and talk to each other over the
network. Choose a proper IP address that is unique and valid in your network environment.
Netmask
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 Required