What You Have To Do First - Agilent Technologies 7100 User Manual

4 LAN Configuration

What You Have to Do First

What You Have to Do First

The instrument has an on-board LAN communication interface. Please review
the following options:
1 The instrument will be connected to the LAN: Ask your administrator to
2 The instrument and PC will be set up locally via a crossover cable or a hub:
3 Identification of the instrument in your LAN by MAC address: If you plan to
In addition to LAN communication, the instrument allows serial
communication access via the RS 232 cable to the COM port of the PC.
However, the data transfer rate would be too low for running the instrument at
full performance. This alternative data connection is only meaningful if the
Lab Advisor software is for example used for troubleshooting reasons (see
"Agilent Lab Advisor Software"
Please see
Software"
settings of the ChemStation software.
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provide you with an IP address, a subnet mask address and a gateway
address. Proceed with manual configuration (see
Configuration" on page 71). You will have to initially establish a LAN
connection using the default settings of the instrument and a crossover
LAN cable (see Table 19
No addresses are needed. Proceed with establishing a LAN connection
using the default settings of the instrument (see
let a Bootp service (see
address please continue with locating the Media Access (MAC) address and
proceed with the respective initialization modes in
Selection" on page 65 and the installation instruction in the "Installing your
ChemStation for LC and CE" manual. Ask your administrator to provide
you with an IP address, a subnet mask address and a gateway address.
"Starting Your Computer and the Agilent ChemStation
on page 81 for information on configuration of the connection
on page 68).
"Agilent Bootp Service"
on page 169).
Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis System User Manual
"Manual
Table 19 on page 68).
on page 75) assign an IP
"Initialization Mode