Comtrol DeviceMaster LT User Manual page 36

Configuring the NS-Link Driver for Windows
36 - Device Driver (NS-Link) Installation
4. Click Apply to program the driver with the MAC address of the DeviceMaster
LT or Ok to save the change and close the Comtrol Drivers Management
Console.
If you do not Apply the changes before leaving this screen, you will be
prompted to Apply, Ignore, or Cancel the changes.
5. Now that the MAC address has been associated to the DeviceMaster LT, you
can use the Network Settings screen to:
• Change the IP address, set the DeviceMaster LT to DHCP, or Disable IP
communications using the Network Settings button
• Reboot the DeviceMaster LT on the General tab
• Access network statistics on the Advanced tab
If you want use IP mode and the IP address is configured for your network,
click the IP Mode radio button and click Apply. If you want to use SSL Mode,
you must set the DeviceMaster LT to IP mode.
Click the Network Settings button and click Modify to make any network
settings changes.
6. Optionally, click Enable SSL Mode if you want to configure secure COM ports.
The DeviceMaster LT must be configured using IP Mode before you can Enable
SSL Mode.
If SSL Mode is enabled, TCP connections that carry data to/from the serial
ports are encrypted using SSL or TLS security protocols. This includes the
following:
• TCP connections to the per-serial-port TCP ports (default is 8000, 8001,
8002, ...) are encrypted using SSL/TLS.
• TCP connections to TCP port 4606 on which the DeviceMaster LT
implements the Comtrol proprietary serial driver protocol are encrypted
using SSL/TLS.
• Since SSL/TLS can not be used for either UDP data streams or for the
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