User manual
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual  Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL) 
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008  13-201 
lan.status.gateway 
Attribute 
Reads present LAN default gateway address. 
Usage 
gatewayaddress = lan.status.gateway 
gatewayaddress: LAN default gateway address. 
Remarks 
This attribute indicates the default gateway IP address setting currently in effect. 
Also see 
lan.config.gateway (on page 13-195) 
Example 
To display present gateway address: 
print(lan.status.gateway) 
lan.status.ipaddress 
Attribute 
Reads present LAN IP address. 
Usage 
To read the LAN IP address: 
ipaddress = lan.config.ipaddress 
To write the LAN IP address: 
lan.config.ipaddress = ipaddress 
ipaddress: LAN IP address specified in dotted decimal notation. 
Remarks 
This attribute indicates the LAN IP address currently in use. 
Also see 
lan.config.ipaddress (on page 13-195) 
Example 
To display the present LAN IP address: 
print(lan.status.ipaddress) 
lan.status.macaddress 
Attribute 
Reads LAN MAC address. 
Usage 
macaddress = lan.status.macaddress 
macaddress: The Series 3700 MAC address. 
Remarks 
This attribute provides the unit's LAN MAC address. The MAC address is a character 
string representing the unit's MAC address in hexadecimal notation. The string will 
have colons separating the address octets (see example). 
Example 
To display the Series 3700 MAC address if it is "00:60:1A:00:00:57": 
print(lan.status.macaddress) 
   00:60:1A:00:00:57 
lan.status.port.dst 
Attribute 
Reads present LAN dead socket termination port number. 
Usage 
port = lan.status.port.dst 
port: Dead socket termination socket port number. 










