User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Initial IP Configuration
- Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode
- Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration
- Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring the Software
- Appendix A SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 Like Groups
- Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers
- Appendix C Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
- Appendix D FCC Warning Statement
- Appendix E Service Information
NPort W2250/2150 Plus User’s Manual Web Console Configuration
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Ethernet Configuration
You must assign a valid IP address to NPort W2250/2150 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 W2250/2150 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 four possible “IP configuration” modes—Static, DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, and
BOOTP—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.
DHCP/BOOTP
DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS,
and Time Server, or BOOTP Server assigned IP address (if the
DHCP Server does not respond).
BOOTP BOOTP Server assigned IP address.
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.