Address Confirmation; Ip Address Confirmation; Mewtocol Station Number Confirmation - Panasonic FP2 ET-LAN Technical Manual

4.1 Address Confirmation

4.1.1 IP Address Confirmation

IP address confirmation
An individual IP address is necessary in order to connect the ET-LAN unit to an LAN environment.
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Confirm the IP address with the person running the network system.
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If two or more ET-LAN units have been installed on one backplane, individual IP addresses should be
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allocated to each one.
Ethernet address confirmation
Individual Ethernet addresses for each unit are written to the internal EEPROM, and are also noted on
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the plate affixed to the side of the unit.
This value can also be confirmed by checking the initial information notified area in the shared memory.
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Router address confirmation
If the ET-LAN is communicating with another node or nodes through a router, the router IP address and
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the sub-network address should be confirmed.
This is not necessary if communication is not being carried out with nodes of other networks through a
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router.
Key Point:
If the network to which the ET-LAN unit is connected is completely independent, any IP address except
for 0000 0000H and FFFF FFFFH may be allocated.

4.1.2 MEWTOCOL Station Number Confirmation

MEWTOCOL Station Number Confirmation
This is used when communication destination nodes are specified with the computer link and data send
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functions.
MEWTOCOL station numbers should be set in such a way that they do not overlap with the addresses
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of other communication destination nodes.
Station numbers may be allocated within a range of 1 to 64. Allocating "0" will cause an error.
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