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NPort IA5150/5250 Series User's Manual
Initializing the NPort's IP Address
1. Determine whether your NPort IA5150/5250 needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either
DHCP or BOOTP application).
2. If NPort IA5150/5250 is used in a Static IP environment, you can use NPort IA5150/5250
Administration Suite, ARP, Web Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the
new IP address.
3. If NPort IA5150/5250 is used in a Dynamic IP environment, you can use NPort
IA5150/5250 Administration Suite, Web Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to
configure NPort IA5150/5250 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
IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250.
Factory Default IP Address
NPort IA5150/5250 products are configured with the following default private 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 IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250.
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 IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250. The ARP command tells your computer to associate the NPort
IA5150/5250's MAC address with the intended IP address. You must then use Telnet to access the
NPort IA5150/5250, at which point the device server's IP address will be reconfigured.
Default IP address:
Initial IP Address Configuration
192.168.127.254
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