User's Manual

4.3Connecting to a Reader using ReaderManager
Magellan’s Readers are complex and powerful
network devices. As most network devices they
should be handled by well trained network
administrators.
A Reader provides Ethernet and USB device interfaces to allow for user
connection.
Before you open the ReaderManager and connect to a Reader using the
ReaderManager you must obtain an Ethernet IP address if you are using a
normal Ethernet cable or an Ethernet cross over cable or acquire a USB IP
address if you are using the USB cable.
These are the networking rules:
USB will always choose a subnet different to
Ethernet.
Both interfaces will try to obtain the 169.254.0.0
range, but Ethernet has priority.
172.16.0.0/16 is USB's fallover subnet if Ethernet
has already taken it by either: DHCP, fixed, or link-
local IP acquisition.
To change the Reader’s network settings:
From the Tools menu in the ReaderManager select System then
Configuration System. Click the Network Configuration tab.
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