AMCI SMD23E2 Series, User Manual

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Firewall Settings
Firewalls are hardware devices or software that prevent unwanted network connections from occurring. Fire-
wall software has been present on Windows based computers since XP, and it may prevent your computer
from communicating with the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2. The internal webserver uses port 80, which is the
default http port, and should work without changing any firewall settings. Configuring your firewall to allow
communication with the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2 is beyond the scope of this manual.
Disable All Unused Network Interfaces
Routing and default gateway setting on your computer might prevent connection to the SMD23E2 or
SMD24E2. When using the Net Configurator utility, broadcast packets that are used to find the SMD23E2 or
SMD24E2 often go out the wrong port. The easiest way to avoid this problem is to temporarily disable all net-
work interfaces that are not attached to the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2.
This includes all wireless interfaces as well as all Bluetooth interfaces.
Configure Your Network Interface
Before you can communicate with the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2, your network interface must be on the same
subnet as the device.
The rest of this procedure assumes you are using the 192.168.0.xxx subnet. If you are not, you
will have to adjust the given network addresses accordingly.
The easiest way to check the current settings for your NIC is with the ‘ipconfig’ command.
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For Windows 7, click on the [Start] button, and type “cmd” in the “ Search programs and files ” text box.
Press [Enter] on the keyboard.
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For Windows 8 and 10, press the [Win+X] keys and select “Command Prompt” from the resulting
popup. There is no need to run the command prompt as the administrator, so do not select “Command
Prompt (Admin)”.
This section lists suggestions for configuring the network interfaces on your com-
puter or laptop before attaching to the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2.