360 Systems DigiCart/E - Manual (Page 24)

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• Administration
If you have an assigned IP address range for your organization, DigiCart/E will accept these addresses from a
DHCP server. However, 360 Systems strongly recommends that the DigiCarts be run on their own subnet
from the Ethernet Audio server on a dedicated NIC, using subnet 192.168.1 and running a DHCP Scope that
serves only that subnet. Connect the server to other networks through a second NIC given an IP address
within the organization’s assigned range. This prevents traffic from the two networks from intersecting, while
allowing access to the Net Drives by both networks. Depending on the size of the Ethernet Audio system, and
the amount of potential traffic from the other network, it may be necessary to limit the bandwidth of the
second NIC.
When a DigiCart/E is connected to the network you can see what IP address is assigned to it by pressing the
Enter button once or twice whenever the unit is idle. The display alternates between the unit ID number and
the IP Address.
If there are to be any devices with fixed IP addresses on the subnet serviced by the DHCP server, they must
either be outside the scope of IP addresses that the DHCP server is programmed to provide, or you must
program exclusion ranges for them. An exclusion range can be a range of only one address. See the Windows
2000 Server Help screens for more information abouut DHCP programming.
Fixed Assignments
In very simple system configurations, such as shown below, neither the Server nor the Switch provides DHCP
service. In this case, unique IP addresses for each device must be set manually.
DigiCart/E is factory set to accept DHCP IP addresses automatically but you can change a setup parameter to
select an address in the range 192.168.1.16 through 192.168.1.31 or 192.168.2.16 through 192.168.2.31.
Refer to the DigiCart/E Owner’s Manual for more details.
You must configure the Server and any PC that may exist on the network to have the IP address
192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.2.xxx. Be careful not to set any duplicate addresses. The subnet mask should be set
to 255.255.255.0.
DigiCart/E DigiCart/E
Server
Laptop -
PC or Mac
(Optional)
IP = 192.168.1.201
IP = 192.168.1.16 IP = 192.168.1.17
IP = 192.168.1.200
Switch