National Instruments FieldPoint FP-2000 User Manual page 70

Choosing Network Settings
Choosing an IP Address
Choosing an IP Address with a Network Administrator
Choosing an IP Address without a Network Administrator
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This appendix describes how to choose appropriate network settings.
The way you choose an IP address for your FP-20xx may depend on
whether your network has a system administrator.
If you are adding the FP-20xx to an existing Ethernet network, you must
choose IP addresses carefully. Consult with your network administrator to
obtain appropriate values:
• Ask the administrator to provide static IP addresses to your FP-20xx
and to the computer running the National Instruments Time Service.
Time Service is installed along with the FieldPoint software and runs
automatically.
• Ask the network administrator to provide the proper subnet mask,
gateway, and DNS server addresses.
If you are assembling your own small Ethernet network, you can choose
your own IP address. The following guidelines may help you choose
appropriate values:
• IP Addresses are generally in the form of
are numbers between 0 and 255 (inclusive) and
however, a value of 1 is usually reserved for the IP address of a
z
gateway.
• Local networks (those that will not be connected to the Internet) should
have IP addresses assigned from the following ranges:
– through
10.0.0.0
–
172.16.0.0
–
192.168.0.0
10.255.255.255
through
172.31.255.255
through
192.168.255.255
A-1
A
where , , and
w.x.y.z w x
is between 1 and 254;
z
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y