Initializing The Nport 5200'S Ip Address; Factory Default Ip Address; Nport Administration Suite; Arp - Moxa Technologies NPort 5200 Series User Manual

NPort 5200 Series

Initializing the NPort 5200's IP Address

1. Determine whether your NPort 5200 needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP
application).
2. If the NPort 5200 is used in a Static IP environment, you can use NPort 5200 Administration Suite,
Web Console, Telnet Console or Serial Console to configure the new IP address.
3. If the NPort 5200 is used in a Dynamic IP environment, you can use NPort 5200 Administration suite,
Web Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the NPort 5200 to get an IP address
dynamically with DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, or BOOTP.
ATTENTION
Consult your network administrator to learn how to reserve a fixed IP address for your NPort 5200 in the
MAC-IP mapping table when using a DHCP Server or BOOTP Server. For most applications, you should assign
a fixed IP address to your NPort 5200.

Factory Default IP Address

NPort 5200 device servers 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
access a device configured with a private IP address directly from a public network. For example, you would not
be able to ping such a device from an outside Internet connection. NPort 5200 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 useful utility programs that are used to configure and manage your NPort
5200 device server.
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 5200 Series serial device servers.

ARP

You can use the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) command to set up an IP address for your NPort 5200. The
ARP command tells your computer to associate the NPort 5200's MAC address with the intended IP address.
You must then use Telnet to access the NPort 5200, at which point the device server's IP address will be
reconfigured.
ATTENTION
In order to use this setup method, both your computer and the NPort 5200 must be connected to the same
LAN. Or, you may use a cross-over Ethernet cable to connect the NPort 5200 directly to your computer's
Ethernet card. Your NPort 5200 must be configured with the factory default IP address—192.168.127.254—
before executing the ARP command, as described below.
Default IP address:
Initial IP Address Configuration
192.168.127.254
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