ThingMagic Astra-EX - Manual (Page 53)

Controlling the Reader
M6 and Astra-EX User Guide 53
Network Settings: All Interfaces
Table 3: Network Settings: All Interfaces
Network Settings: Ethernet Interfaces
Table 4: Network Settings: Ethernet Interface
Setting Description
Network Interface Select between Wired (Ethernet) and Wireless (802.11).
Automatic
Hostname Turning on automatic hostname will append the last six numbers (3 bytes) of the
Readerʼs address to the text in the hostname field.
For example, given a hostname of M6 or Astra-EX and a MAC Address of 00:12:A4:
13:47:AC, the automatic hostname would be M6-1347ac or Astra-1347ac.
Hostname This field contains the name of the Reader.
NTP Server This field contains the address of any network time protocol server(s) (Optional).
Domain Name This field contains the network domain name.
Primary DNS
Server This field allows the M6 and Astra-EX Reader to resolve hostnames to IP
addresses.
Secondary DNS
Server This field allows the M6 and Astra-EX Reader to resolve hostnames to IP
addresses.
Setting Description
Use DHCP? If set to Yes, the Reader will automatically look for its LAN IP, Netmask, and Gateway
addresses from a DHCP Server.
Use Fallback
Interface If set to Yes, the specified Fallback Network Interface will be used in case of
failure on this interfaceʼs primary configuration.
Fallback Network
Interface If set to Wired then the static Fallback IP, Netmask and Gateway will be used
in case of failure of the primary configuration on this interface. If set to
Wireless the interface will switch to wireless in case of failure.
Vendor Class
Identifier This radio button enables 96-bit tag support. To optimize the Reader, keep this
setting turned off unless it is needed.
Use DHCP
Server- supplied
Host- name? If set to Yes, the manually supplied hostname (see Hostname) will be overridden by
the hostname supplied by the DHCP Server.