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Characteristics and Specifications 5

Supported Network Protocols

The E5810B uses the network IP and Ethernet protocols

listed in

Table 5- 1. Refer to “Glossary” for more information

on these protocols.

Tab le 5-1 Supported network protocols

Name RFC Role When Description

ARP 826 Peer As needed Maps the IP address to the Ethernet address.

DHCP 2131, 2132 Client Power-up E5810B requests the IP configuration

information.

DNS 1035 Client As needed E5810B resolves the DNS names to the IP

addresses.

FTP 959 Client Upgrade Downloads new firmware into the E5810B.

HTTP 1945, 2068 Server User setup Web pages or forms for the E5810B

configuration.

ICMP 792 Server As needed E5810B answers ECHO requests (ping).

RPC 1831, 1832, 1833 Server User Controls GPIB instruments using VXI-11.

Telnet Server User setup E5810B configuration. Refer to Appendix A,

“Using the Telnet Utility” for more information