User`s guide

Setting the Configuration
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TCP/IP AXEL Platine Terminal 11
Add Host
Drop Host
Add Route
Drop Route
AX3000 IP
AX3000 Ether
2.2.1 - Ethernet Addresses
Platine terminals (like other devices equipped for Ethernet networking) have a
unique hardware address which is issued by the manufacturer and cannot
thereafter be modified. The address is in the form of six hexadecimal bytes,
separated by colons, thus:
Example:
00:A0:34:01:02:09
To find a Platine terminal’s Ethernet address, select the 'AX3000 Ether' option.
2.2.2 - IP Address and RARP Protocol
Each networked device also has an IP address (rules for which are described
above). This is not fixed but can be set either:
- through the TCP/IP Set-Up ('AX3000 IP' option),
- automatically, when the AX3000 is turned on for the first time (RARP
protocol).
Note on RARP:
The RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) allows a networked device
(client) to discover its IP address from a host machine which is acting as a
RARP server. The client broadcasts a request which contains its Ethernet
Address. The server maintains an internal table that maps Ethernet addresses
to IP addresses. It looks up that Ethernet address in the table and replies with
the IP address that the client should use. RARP may be needed for remote
administration of Platine terminals (see Chapter 10).
RARP server:
Section 3.4 explains how to configure a UNIX host as a RARP server.