360 Systems DigiCart/E - Manual (Page 22)

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• Installing an Ethernet Audio Network
Laptop Server
Routing
Switch
DigiCart/E
System Server
DigiCart/E
Laptop
DigiCart/E
Mobile
Equipment
Laptop
In this configuration, the laptop and mobile DigiCart/E both have fixed IP addresses for the same reasons as
described in the previous section. The main server may also need a DHCP exclusion for the laptop’s IP
address. The laptop’s IP address should be a higher number than the main server.
The laptop must run Windows 2000 and the NFS Server module from Windows Services for Unix. Currently
there are no generally available NFS server solutions for Macintosh, however OS X promises to support NFS
in the near future.
You can share the laptop’s drive on the network via Windows file sharing to allow files to be pushed on to it
by workstations or the main server. Alternately, you can pull files onto the laptop from the network by either
sharing the entire audio drive, or individual Net Drive folders via Windows file sharing.
If it is not desired to have two NFS servers online when the laptop is connected, it is possible to stop the
Server for NFS service in services when the laptop is connnected to the main network. It must be restarted
when the laptop is used with the mobile DigiCart/E. See the section Turning Off Various Windows 2000
Services on page 58.