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96 Agilent Connectivity Guide
5 Connecting Instruments to LAN
Open Instrument Subnet of Corporate Intranet
The computer and instruments connect directly to the corporate LAN.
To add another instrument, just plug it into any available LAN port (or
stack onto a hub). The corporate DHCP server assigns IP addresses. The
DNS server or corporate IT department either assigns hostnames or
acquires them from the instruments through dynamic DNS.
A hub or switch can provide the physical connections for the system so
that the physical topology resembles the Private Instrument Subnet,
however, all instruments are visible to the Corporate intranet.
Latency and throughput are compromised because instruments must
share the network with all other traffic.
Figure 25 Open Subnet of Corporate Intranet