Initializing The Nport's Ip Address; Factory Default Ip Address; Nport Administration Suite; Arp - Moxa Technologies NPort IA5000A Series User Manual

NPort IA5000A Series

Initializing the NPort's IP Address

Determine whether your NPort IA5000A needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP
application).
If the NPort IA5000A is used in a Static IP environment, you can use the NPort Administration Suite,
ARP, Web Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the new IP address.
If the NPort IA5000A is used in a Dynamic IP environment, you can use the NPort Administration Suite,
Web Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the NPort IA5000A to get an IP address
dynamically with DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, or BOOTP.
ATTENTION
Consult your network administrator on how to reserve a fixed IP address for your NPort IA5000A in the
MAC-IP mapping table when using a DHCP Server or BOOTP Server. In most applications, you should assign
a fixed IP address to your NPort IA5000A.

Factory Default IP Address

NPort IA5000A products are configured with the following default private IP address:
Default IP address:
(IP addresses of the form 192.168.xxx.xxx are referred to as private IP addresses, since it is not possible to
directly access a device configured with a private IP address from a public network. For example, you would not
be able to ping such a device from an outside Internet connection. NPort IA5000A applications that require
sending data over a public network, such as the Internet, require setting up the server with a valid public IP
address, which can be leased from a local ISP.)

NPort Administration Suite

NPort Administration Suite consists of some useful utility programs that are used to configure and manage your
NPort IA5000A.
See Chapter 5 for details on how to install NPort Administration Suite, and how to use this suite of
useful utilities to set up IP addresses and configure your NPort IA5000A Series serial device
servers.

ARP

You can make use of the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) command to set up an IP address for your NPort
IA5000A. The ARP command tells your computer to associate the NPort IA5000A's MAC address with the
intended IP address. You must then use Telnet to access the NPort IA5000A, at which point the device server's
IP address will be reconfigured.
ATTENTION
In order to use this setup method, both your computer and NPort IA5000A must be connected to the same
LAN. Or, you may use a cross-over Ethernet cable to connect the NPort IA5000A directly to your computer's
Ethernet card. Before executing the ARP command, your NPort IA5000A must be configured with the factory
default IP address (192.168.127.254), and your computer and the NPort IA5000A must be on the same
subnet.
192.168.127.254
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Initial IP Address Configuration