Technical data

48 Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz
2 Using the LAN Interface
If the Instrument is Not Found by the Synthetic Instrument Finder
If the Instrument’s Hostname and PC Cannot Communicate
If the Instrument Web Page is Not Visible
Possible Causes Possible Solutions
The instrument was unable to join the LAN. See “If the Instrument was Unable to Join the
LAN" on page 46.
The instrument and PC are on different
switches/hubs and different subnets.
• Put the instrument on the same switch or hub as
your PC.
• If the instrument is using DHCP, make sure that the
instrument and the PC are put on the same subnet.
• If the instrument is using a static IP address, make
sure that the instrument IP address and subnet
mask put the instrument on the same subnet as
your PC.
Possible Causes Possible Solutions
No DNS server is available. Communicate with the instrument using the
instrument’s IP address.
The DNS server has not been updated. Wait several minutes.
The PC cannot communicate with the device over
LAN.
See “If the Instrument’s IP Address or Hostname
Cannot be Found with Ping" on page 46.
Possible Causes Possible Solutions
• The instrument has not yet joined the LAN.
• The instrument is unable to join the LAN.
See “If the LAN LED is Red" on page 46.
Your PC cannot communicate with the device over
your LAN.
See “If the Instrument was Unable to Join the
LAN" on page 46.
You are attempting to use the device’s hostname and
the hostname is not working.
See “If the Instrument’s Hostname and PC Cannot
Communicate" on page 48.
Your browser is configured to use a proxy, and the
proxy does not allow communication with
instruments on the LAN.
Disable or reconfigure the proxy settings. Open
Internet Explorer and select Tools > Internet Options
> Connections > LAN Settings…