Configure an Ethernet port when not using a Bootp server

If you are
not
using a Bootp server and want to configure an Ethernet port, follow these steps:
  1. Verify that
    Obtain IP Address from Bootp Server
    is disabled.
  2. Enter the appropriate IP address of the module. Make sure your entry is in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where each xxx is a number between 0-255. We have reserved three values that you cannot use:
    • 127.0.0.1
    • 0.0.0.0
    • 255.255.255.255
  3. Enter the appropriate sub-network mask of the module. Make sure your entry is in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where each xxx is a number between 0-255.
  4. Enter the appropriate gateway address of the module. Make sure your entry is in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where each xxx is a number between 0-255.
  5. Enter a primary and secondary DNS server address. This allows a server to accept a "text-based" address and perform a database lookup to convert it to an IP address to be used by the network. If a message uses a host name address, you must convert it to an IP address before it can be sent to the destination controller. When the Ethernet module of the sending controller has a DNS server address configured, the DNS server takes the host name address and converts it to the IP address of the destination Ethernet module and the message can be sent. The default for these fields is 0.0.0.0.
  6. Enter a domain name. This is a text-based address that is equivalent to the IP Address of the module. A DNS server can convert the text-based address into an IP Address. The domain name has a 48-character limit.
  7. Click
    Apply
    .
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