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STF-R/C/D/IP Hardware Manual
920-0141 Rev. A
6/5/2018
Using DCHP
If you want to use your drive on a network that where all or most of the devices use dynamic IP addresses supplied by a DHCP
server, set the rotary switch to “F”. When the drive is connected to the network and powered on, it will obtain an IP address and
a subnet mask from the server that is compatible with your PC. The only catch is that you won’t know what address the server
assigns to your drive. Ethernet Configurator can find your drive using the Drive Discovery feature, as long as your network isn’t
too large. With the drive connected to the network and powered on, select Drive Discovery from the Drive menu.
You will see a dialog such as this:
Normally, Drive Discovery will only detect one network interface card (NIC), and will select it automatically. If you are using a
laptop and have both wireless and wired network connections, a second NIC may appear. Please select the NIC that you use to
connect to the network to which you’ve connected your drive. Then click OK. Drive Discovery will notify you as soon as it has
detected a drive.
If you think this is the correct drive, click Yes. If you’re not sure, click Not Sure and Drive Discovery will look for additional
drives on you network. Once you’ve told Drive Discovery which drive is yours, it will automatically enter that drive’s IP address
in the IP address text box so that you are ready to communicate.
Option 2: Connect a Drive Directly to Your PC
It doesn’t get much simpler than this:
1.
Connect one end of a CAT5 Ethernet cable into the LAN card (NIC) on your PC and the other into the drive. You don’t
need a special “crossover cable”; the drive will automatically detect the direct connection and make the necessary physical
layer changes.
2.
Set the IP address on the drive to “10.10.10.10” by setting the rotary switch at “0”.
3.
To set the IP address of your PC:
a.
On Windows XP, right click on “My Network Places” and select properties.
b.
On Windows 7, click Computer. Scroll down the left pane until you see “Network”. Right click and select properties.
Select “Change adapter settings”
4.
You should see an icon for your network interface card (NIC). Right click and select properties.
a.
Scroll down until you see “Internet Properties (TCP/IP)”. Select this item and click the Properties button.
b.
On Windows 7 and Vista, look for “(TCP/IPv4)”
5.
Select the option “Use the following IP address”. Then enter the address “10.10.10.11”. This will give your PC an IP
address that is on the same subnet as the drive. Windows will know to direct any traffic intended for the drive’s IP address to
this interface card.
6.
Next, enter the subnet mask as “255.255.255.0”.
7.
Be sure to leave “Default gateway” blank. This will prevent your PC from looking for a router on this subnet.
8.
Because you are connected directly to the drive, anytime the drive is not powered on your PC will annoy you with a
small message bubble in the corner of your screen saying “The network cable is unplugged.”
Option 3: Use Two Network Interface Cards (NICs)
This technique allows you to keep your PC connected to your LAN, but keeps the drive off the LAN, preventing possible IP