Standard Spectrum24 Installation; Internet Addressing - Symbol PDT 3100 Series Product Reference Manual

PDT 3100 Series Product Reference Guide

Standard Spectrum24 Installation

A standard Spectrum24 installation consists of LSL, an ODI driver, TCP/IP, and NET.CFG,
and requires a BIOS version of 1.09 or later.
The system software is factory-loaded in the terminals. The default files cover most typical
scenarios with minor changes, as detailed in this chapter. If your requirements are more
sophisticated, refer to the Spectrum24 Network Development Kit documentation for more
information on the Spectrum24 RF network, the Symbol-provided ODI driver, and the
configuration file setups required for various platforms.
Note: Installation for Spectrum24 terminals with flash disk differs from a
standard installation in how the configuration file is set up,
addresses are obtained, and software is downloaded. For more
information, refer to the Spectrum24 Flash Disk Addendum.

Internet Addressing

Each terminal requires a unique internet address, or IP address, allowing messages it
sends and receives to be correctly routed over networks conforming to the TCP/IP protocol
standards. These addresses can be administered and entered manually, or administered
and allocated by a server on the network. Two protocols are defined for the IP address
allocation on the network, BOOTP and DHCP. BOOTP is commonly used in UNIX and OS/
2; DHCP is the protocol for Windows NT servers.
By default, Symbol's Series 3000 Spectrum24 terminals expect IP addresses to be entered
manually. To use the DHCP or BOOTP protocol, you must change the .boot. parameter in
the [Spectrum24 Control] section of the NET.CFG file loaded on the terminal. The format
of the entries to NET.CFG is discussed in the next section.
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