User`s guide

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Connecting Instruments to LAN
Step 2: Gather Network Information
Gather Site LAN Network Information
Suggested steps follow to gather information for instrument connections
to a site LAN.
1
Does the Site LAN Support DHCP? Find out if the site LAN supports
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). In general, if the site
LAN supports DHCP, you can connect your instruments to site LAN
without contacting your IT department.
However, if your local policy requires it, contact your System
Administrator in your Information Technology (IT) department and
tell him/her you want to connect instruments to the LAN.
2
Select Automatic Configuration. If the site LAN supports DHCP,
IP addresses for the instruments are automatically assigned by the
network. If you do not require fixed (static) IP addresses for your
instruments, you do
not need to complete the Site LAN Network
Information Card. Go to Step 3: Connect Your Instruments
.
OR
2 Select Manual Configuration. If the site LAN does not support DHCP
or if you want to set a fixed (static) IP address for each instrument,
the System Administrator must assign the static IP addresses and
you must manually configure your instruments.
3
Enter Instrument Information. If the LAN does not support DHCP or
if you selected manual configuration, make a copy of the Site LAN
Network Information Card for each instrument to be connected to the
site LAN. Record the instrument serial number and hardware (MAC)
address on the
Instrument Information section of the card.
4
Give the Cards to the System Administrator. Give the partially
completed card(s) to the System Administrator and ask him/her to
complete the
Site LAN Information part of each card and to return the
card(s) to you. Then, go to Step 3: Connect Your Instruments
.