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WhitePaper–NetworkingwithEclerNetManager
Document:AS Version:1.0 Date: Page5 of12
CaremustbetakentoentertheIPaddresswithoutleadingzeros,since:
10.0.0.04
Isdefinitelynotthesameas:
10.0.0.4
AUDPportisusedbyEclerNetManagersoftwareanditscompatiblehardwaretosendcontrol
anddatamessagesbetweendevices.So,anextracaremustbeappliedto
ensurethatallthe
networkdevicesbetweenthecontroller(PC)andthecontrolled(MIMO88)devicesallowUDP
packetstoflowfreely;thiscanaffecttoswitches,hubs,routersetc.TheUDPportvaluecanbe
changedtoanysuitableandunusedvalue,butmustbedoneatbothsidessimultaneously.
Abasicandusefultoolisthe“ping”command.Alwayscheckthecorrectconfigurationpinging
fromthePCtothedeviceIPaddress(again,fromaCMDwindow):
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Moreadvancedtoolstohelpintroubleshootingaretheportscannersandthetrafficnetwork
analyzersuchNmap,Wireshark…
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3. AdvancedNetworkConfiguration
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EclerNetManagerusesmulticast
packetsto“discover”theunusedcompatibledevices(those
onesstillnotincludedina project),eveniftheyarenotinthesameIPrange.Thesedevices
mayappearinsidethe“OnlineandUnusedDevicesList”windowinEclerNetManager:
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