Specifications

Mediatrix 4100

C HAPTER

IP Address and Network

Configuration

The Mediatrix 4100 must be provisioned with various IP addresses and network parameters to be fully

functional. This occurs each time the Mediatrix 4100 is started or when an IP address value is changed in the

MIB. The Mediatrix 4100 can use static network parameters as well as parameters provided by a DHCP server

or even a DNS.

This chapter assumes that you know how to set up and use a DHCP and DNS server. If not, ask your network

administrator to set up DHCP-related variables.

This chapter also refers to the MIB structure of the configuration variables. Refer to “Chapter 2 - MIB Structure

and SNMP” on page 25 for more details.

IP Addresses

The MIB structure contains IP addresses that can be set or viewed. These IP addresses are physically located

in their relevant MIB. For instance, the IP addresses for the Syslog daemon are located in the syslogMIB.

However, when viewing the MIB structure in a MIB browser such as the Media5 Unit Manager Network, the IP

addresses are grouped in two distinct folders for easy management.

IP Addresses Formats in the DHCP Server

You can use a number of formats when defining IP addresses in the DHCP server.

You can make combinations of the three bases in a single string, because each number in the string is

interpreted separately. For instance, 0300.0xA8.000.9 translates to the decimal IP address 192.168.0.9.

Table 21: IP Addresses Folders

Folder Description

ipAddressStatus Lists all the IP addresses used by the unit, in read-only format.

ipAddressConfig Lists all the IP addresses you can set. Changes made in this folder are reflected in the

ipAddressStatus folder.

Table 22: IP Addresses Formats in DHCP Server

Format Description Allowed Char.

Decimal You can enter IP addresses in the widely-used (base 10) decimal format.

For instance, a decimal IP address would be 192.168.0.9.

IP addresses cannot contain decimal numbers higher than 255.

0..9

Hexadecimal You can enter IP addresses in (base 16) hexadecimal format.

Prepending “0x” to the value instructs the unit to interpret it as

hexadecimal. For instance, the decimal IP address 192.168.0.9

translates to 0xC0.0xA8.0x0.0x9 in hexadecimal format.

0..9, A..F

Octal You can enter IP addresses in (base 8) octal format. Prepending “0” to

the value instructs the unit to interpret it as octal. For instance, the

decimal IP address 192.168.0.9 translates to 0300.0250.00.011 in octal

format.

0..7