Setting The Gateway Ip Address; Setting The Subnet Mask; Hardware Address Field; Enabling/Disabling Dhcp - Extron electronics SMX Series User Manual

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Setting the gateway IP address

The Gateway IP Address field identifies the address of the gateway to the mail
server to be used if the SMX switcher and the mail server are not on the same
subnet.
Valid IP addresses consist of four 1-, 2-, or 3-digit numeric subfields separated by
dots (periods). Each field can be numbered from 000 through 255. Leading zeros,
up to 3 digits total per field, are optional. Values of 256 and above are invalid.
Edit this field as follows:
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N Editing the Gateway IP Address field while connected via Ethernet can

Setting the subnet mask

The Subnet Mask field is used to determine whether the SMX is on the same subnet
as the controlling PC or the mail server when you are subnetting. The subnet mask
has the same format as the Matrix IP and Gateway addresses (###.###.###.###).
For more information,
Connection.
Edit this field as follows:
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N Editing the Subnet Mask field while connected via Ethernet can immediately

Hardware address field

The hardware (MAC) address consists of six pairs of alphanumeric characters in
the format xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx. The MAC address is hard coded in the SMX switcher
and cannot be changed.

Enabling/disabling DHCP

Selecting the Use DHCP check box directs the SMX to ignore any entered IP
addresses and to obtain its IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) server (if the network is DHCP capable). Contact the local system
administrator for information about DHCP on your system.
N Selecting or deselecting this check box while connected via Ethernet can
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Click in the Gateway IP Address field. The graphic cursor becomes a text
cursor.
Make any desired changes to the address.
Press the Tab key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the Gateway
IP Address field.
Click the Take button to make the address change take effect.
immediately disconnect you from the SMX. It is recommended that you connect
via RS-232/422 to edit this field.
see Subnetting — A Primer, in appendix A, Ethernet
Click in the Subnet Mask field. The graphic cursor becomes a text cursor.
Make any desired changes to the mask.
Press the Tab key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the Subnet
Mask field.
Click the Take button to make the changes to the mask take effect.
disconnect your from the SMX. It is recommended that you connect via
RS-232/422 to edit this field.
immediately disconnect your from the unit. It is recommended that you connect
via RS-232/422 to edit this field.