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WhereLAN III User’s Guide

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User’s Guide, WhereLAN III draft D1675 rev F

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5.3 WhereLAN III MAC/ IP Address Configuration

WhereLAN IIIs connect to an IP network over an Ethernet or Wi-Fi interface

using TCP/IP, UDP, and other standard network protocols. For the LOS-

5000-00AB, both the Location Sensor and the embedded Client Card must be

independently configured with its own unique IP addresses or for DHCP

address assignment. The IP address of each LS must be recorded and entered

into the site configuration file, which contains the configuration information

for each LS, including its location, and MAC address. This is for versions of

VSS prior to the 4.0.5.2 release.

The WhereLAN-III device, running appropriate firmware V5.0.1 or later, will

automatically generate a link-local IPv6 address after booting up. However,

in order to acquire a global IPv6 address, which is needed for IPv6

communication with the VSS server, there must be an IPv6 router on the

network having the following configuration:

• Allow local IPv6 traffic with a global.

• IPv6 network prefix (such as, for example, 2001:470:87c4:1000::/64)

• Enable neighbor discovery/route advert. protocol

NOTE: The global IPv6 network prefix is a globally unique address and

can be used inside or outside of internal networks. You need to apply for

and obtain a global IPv6 network prefix for your network (for example,

see www.tunnelbroker.net

). This is a task typically performed by IT

personnel responsible for the network.

If additionally you would like to assign a fixed IPv4 address to a

WhereLAN-III, you can do so via the sensor menu, which can be accessed

via Telnet (if enabled) or SSH client, or direct connect with serial cable.

5.3.1 Activating IPv6 Transport