Initializing The Nport 5100A's Ip Address; Factory Default Ip Address; Nport Administration Suite - Moxa Technologies NPort 5100A Series User Manual

NPort 5100A Series

Initializing the NPort 5100A's IP Address

1. Determine whether your NPort 5100A needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP
application).
2. If the NPort 5100A is used in a Static IP environment, you can use NPort Administration Suite, ARP, Web
Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the new IP address.
3. If the NPort 5100A is used in a Dynamic IP environment, you can use NPort Administration suite, Web
Console, Telnet Console, or Serial Console to configure the NPort 5100A to get an IP address dynamically
with DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, or BOOTP.
ATTENTION
Consult your network administrator on how to reserve a fixed IP address for your NPort 5100A in the MAC-IP
mapping table when using a DHCP Server or BOOTP Server. In most applications, you should assign a fixed IP
address to your NPort 5100A.

Factory Default IP Address

NPort 5100A products are configured with the following default private IP address:
Default 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 5100A 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 5100As.
See Chapter 6 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 5100A serial device servers.
192.168.127.254
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Initial IP Address Configuration