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TPG User Manual 13
1.6 Saving the IP Address in the TPG
Why IP Addresses?
An IP address is used to address network devices in an IP network.
TCP/IP network protocols require the storing of the IP address in the
TPG so that the device can be addressed within the network.
How Does the TPG
Obtain IP Addresses?
TPG are shipped without an IP address. The TPG is able to assign
itself an IP address during the initial installation. Boot protocols are
used to assign an IP address automatically to the TPG. Upon delivery,
the boot protocols 'BOOTP' and 'DHCP' are enabled.
Once the TPG is connected to the network, it checks whether an IP
address can be obtained via the boot protocols BOOTP or DHCP. If
this is not the case, the TPG assigns itself an IP address via ZeroConf
from the address range (169.254.0.0/16) which is reserved for
ZeroConf.
Once the TPG has automatically received an IP address via a boot
protocol, you can save a freely definable IP address in the TPG. The
assigned IP address of the TPG can be determined and modified via
the software tool 'InterCon-NetTool'.
Different methods for the assignment of the IP address are described
in the following.
Automatic Methods
of IP Address
Assignments
• ’ZeroConf’ Ö14
• ’BOOTP’ Ö14
• ’DHCP’ Ö14
• ’Auto Configuration (IPv6 Standard)’ Ö15
Manual
Methods of IP
Address
Assignments
• ’InterCon-NetTool’ Ö15
• ’TPG Control Center’ Ö15
• ’ARP/PING’ Ö16