Changing The Network Settings - National Instruments GPIB-USB Series Hardware Manual

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• You are using DHCP and need to change the hostname of the
GPIB-ENET/100.
• The IP address/hostname column displays an exclamation point (!)
next to your GPIB-ENET/100, indicating a configuration problem.
Refer to Verifying the Hostname
• You want to add or change a comment to help identify the device.
Refresh the list of Ethernet devices if you do not see your GPIB-ENET/100
in the list, or to discover a device that you recently added to the subnet.
Exit if you are finished using the NI Ethernet Device Configuration utility
or if you are using DHCP and you do not need to change the hostname of
the GPIB-ENET/100.

Changing the Network Settings

Your GPIB-ENET/100 must be in network configuration mode before you
can use the NI Ethernet Device Configuration utility to change its network
settings. You also can refer to
Normal Operation if the PWR/RDY LED is not currently flickering
orange rapidly.
1. View the properties for your GPIB-ENET/100.
The current hostname is displayed. The hostname associates a name
with a numerical IP address. Hostname is a required field.
The GPIB-ENET/100 attempts to use the hostname when registering
with DHCP. Many DHCP servers have the ability to register the
hostname and the assigned IP address. You then can reliably use the
hostname to communicate with your GPIB-ENET/100 even if the
numerical IP address changes.
However, some DHCP servers do not implement hostname
registration. The GPIB-ENET/100 requires Domain Name Server
(DNS) registration when using DHCP. If your DHCP server does not
support DNS registration, you must use static network parameters.
2. Select either Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) or
Use the following IP settings.
a. If you select Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP), you
do not need to enter any network parameters unless you want to
change the hostname of the Ethernet device.
b. If you select Use the following IP settings, enter the
Parameters you have chosen for the host IP address, subnet mask,
gateway IP, and DNS server IP.
for help resolving this problem.
Enter Network Configuration Mode during
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