Ecler ECLERNET MANAGER - Manual (Page 34)

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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ALLOCATION OF NETWORK PARAMETERS
EclerNet compatible devices (MIMO88, NZA, NPA, etc.)
do not support dynamic allocation
protocol for network addresses, or DHCP , ie: they can't dynamically negotiate IP addresses
and require manually configured and fixed IP addresses. It is highly recommended that both
EclerNet devices (MIMO88, NZA, NPA, etc.) and the computer running EclerNet Manager are
configured with static network addresses from the same range in order to have a full connectivity
between all of them. An example of a small local network of this type may have the following
network settings in its EclerNet devices:
DEVICE IP ADDRESS IP SUBNET
MASK
MIMO88 (first floor) 10.5.5. 10 255.255.255.0
MIMO88 (second floor) 10.5.5. 11 255.255.255.0
MIMO88 (outdoor areas) 10.5.5. 12 255.255.255.0
NZA6-180 (first floor) 10.5.5. 20 255.255.255.0
NZA6-80 (second floor) 10.5.5. 21 255.255.255.0
NZA4-700 (outdoor areas) 10.5.5. 22 255.255.255.0
PC (running EclerNet Manager) 10.5.5. 100 255.255.255.0
Up to 255 devices, each with a different IP address (in the range 10.5.5.1 – 10.5.5.255), could be
part of this example network.
If you want to know your local network TCP / IP configuration, a simple method is to open the
Windows command console (Start-> Run-> CMD) and to run
ipconfig /all command. More
information with the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=true
Note: despite not supporting DHCP, EclerNet devices (and generally any device with static IP)
can coexist with dynamic IP devices, as a DHCP server usually reserves a fraction of the
addressing range for dynamic allocation and another fraction for static allocation.
6. Connecting the device.
Once a device has been identified (network parameters assigned), its connection status icon
is lit in red.