Modifying The Lan Settings - Agilent Technologies N8900 series Operating Manual

Modifying the LAN Settings

IP Address
Select IP to configure the addressing of the instrument. Press the Menu key, then select Sys-
tem\IO\LAN\Config\IP. The configurable parameters include:
Front Panel Menu
Select System\IO\LAN\Modify\IP
Select Auto or Manual. See below for a full
description.
Auto - automatically configures the addressing of the instrument. When selected, the instrument will first try to
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obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is found, the DHCP server will assign an IP address, Sub-
net Mask, and Default Gateway to the instrument. If a DHCP server is unavailable, the instrument will try to obtain
an IP address using AutoIP. AutoIP automatically assigns an IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway
addresses on networks that do not have a DHCP server.
Manual - allows you to manually configure the addressing of the instrument by entering values in the following
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three fields. These fields only appear when Manual is selected.
IP Address - This value is the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the instrument. An IP address is required for all IP
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and TCP/IP communications with the instrument. An IP Address consists of 4 decimal numbers separated by peri-
ods. Each decimal number ranges from 0 through 255 with no leading zeros (for example, 169.254.2.20).
Subnet Mask - This value is used to enable the instrument to determine if a client IP address is on the same local
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subnet. The same numbering notation applies as for the IP Address. When a client IP address is on a different sub-
net, all packets must be sent to the Default Gateway.
DEF Gateway - This value is the IP Address of the default gateway that allows the instrument to communicate
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with systems that are not on the local subnet, as determined by the subnet mask setting. The same numbering
notation applies as for the IP Address. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that no default gateway is defined.
Dot-notation addresses ("nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" where "nnn" is a byte value from 0 to 255) must be expressed with
care, as most PC web software interprets byte values with leading zeros as octal (base 8) numbers. For example,
"192.168.020.011" is actually equivalent to decimal "192.168.16.9" because ".020" is interpreted as "16"
expressed in octal, and ".011" as "9". To avoid confusion, use only decimal values from 0 to 255, with no leading
zeros.
Host Name
A hostname is the host portion of the domain name, which is translated into an IP address. To configure the hostname
of the instrument:
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