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Digi Connect WAN Family features
Serial data communication over UDP can automatically perform the following functions:
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Digi Connect products can automatically send serial data to one or more devices or
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systems on the network using UDP sockets. Options for sending data include whether
specific data is on the serial line, a specific time period has elapsed, or after the specified
number of bytes has been received on the serial port.
Control forwarding characteristics based on size, time, and patterns.
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Support incoming datagrams from multiple destinations.
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Support outgoing datagrams sent to multiple destinations.
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TCP/UDP forwarding characteristics.
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Extended communication control on TCP/UDP data paths.
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Timeout
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Hangup
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User-configurable Socket ID string (text string identifier on autoconnect only)
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
You can use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to automatically assign IP addresses, deliver
IP stack configuration parameters such as the subnet mask and default router, and provide other
configuration information. For more details, see
Auto IP
The Auto-IP protocol automatically assigns an IP address from a reserved pool of standard Auto-IP
addresses to the computer on which it is installed. Digi devices automatically obtain their IP
addresses from a DHCP server. If the DHCP server is unavailable or nonexistent, Auto-IP assigns the
device an IP address. For more details, see
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) manages and monitors network Digi Connect WAN
Family devices. The SNMP architecture enables a network administrator to manage:
Nodes—servers, workstations, routers, switches, and hubs—on an IP network.
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Network performance, such as finding and solving network problems, and planning for network
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growth.
Digi devices support SNMP Versions 1 and 2.
For a list of SNMP-related of supported Request for Comments (RFCs) and Management Information
Bases (MIBs), see Supported RFCs and
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) provides authentication and encryption for
Digi Connect WAN Family products. For more information, see
Telnet
Digi Connect WAN Family devices support the following types of telnet connections:
Telnet client
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Telnet server
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Assign an IP address using
Assign an IP address using
MIBs.
Security features in Digi
IP protocol support
DHCP.
Auto-IP.
devices.
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