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9500 MXC User Manual
3DB 23063 ADAA - Rev 004 July 2007 Vol. IV-2-9
Setting Up A DHCP Ethernet 9500 MXC CT Connection
These procedures apply to 9500 MXC radios that have a DHCP server
function enabled.
DHCP is a client-server networking protocol, where the server automatically
assigns an IP address to client PCs logging onto its LAN. By eliminating the need
to assign a permanent IP address to a client PC, it eliminates the need to enter an
IP address in the TCP/IP properties window of your PC, prior to connecting your
PC. Instead, within your PC TCP/IP properties window, the ‘Obtain IP Address
Automatically’ option is selected.
• DHCP automatically issues an IP addresses within a specified range to PCs on
a network. For 9500 MXC radios the range is configurable in CT.
• A CT PC retains its assigned address for as long it remains connected to the
network (9500 MXC Ethernet 10/100Base-T NMS port), and for a period 5
seconds thereafter (5 seconds is set as the DHCP server lease time on a 9500
MXC radio).
• DHCP-enabled is the default TCP/IP connection option on most laptop PCs.
To set up your CT PC to connect to a 9500 MXC Node/Terminal that has the
This screen shows an example of existing settings.
The IP address and Subnet mask must be changed.
The Default gateway must be changed where access to
other 9500 MXC Nodes/Terminals on the network is
required.
Note: Another example of existing settings is:
- ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’, and
- ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically
For such selections the address entry boxes
will be greyed-out (no address data). Click
‘Use the following IP address’ to enter an IP
address.
In this example, the IP address of the 9500 MXC to which
you are connecting is 192.168.10.1, with a Subnet mask
of 255.255.255.0.
Your PC must have the same network address,
192.168.10, with the host portion set to a different
number, which in this example is 2. If a second CT PC is
also to be connected to the same Node/Terminal, then its
network portion would be the same, but its host portion
must be different again, such as 3.
The Default gateway has been set to the IP address of the
connected device, which allows routed CT access to
other 9500 MXC Nodes/Terminals via this connection.
TCP/IP Properties Before TCP/IP Properties After
192.168.10.1
Network portion Host portion
Example IP Address
The DHCP server function is an option all 9500 MXC radios.