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48
Ethernet Port
4HEREARPANEL%THERNETCONNECTORONTHESWITCHERCANBECONNECTEDTOAN%THERNET,!.
OR7!.#OMMUNICATIONBETWEENTHESWITCHERANDTHECONTROLLINGDEVICECANBEVIA
%XTRON$ATA6IEWEROR4ELNETA4#0SOCKETUSINGPORT 4HE4ELNETPORTCANBECHANGED
if necessary, via SIS. For information on connecting via Telnet, see “
Connecting as a
Telnet Client
” on page 129.
4HE%THERNETCONNECTIONMAKES3)3CONTROLOFTHESWITCHERPOSSIBLEUSINGACOMPUTER
CONNECTEDTOTHESAME,!.OR7!.4HE3)3COMMANDSANDBEHAVIOROFTHEPRODUCT
are identical to the commands and behavior the product exhibits when you are
communicating with it via a serial port.
Ethernet Cable
4HE%THERNETCABLEMUSTBEPROPERLYTERMINATEDFORYOURAPPLICATIONASEITHERASTRAIGHT
through cable or a crossover cable. For pin assignments for these cables, see “
Ethernet
Connection
” on page 9.
Default IP Addresses
4OACCESSTHE$80SWITCHERVIATHE%THERNETPORTOBTAINTHE)0ADDRESSOFTHESWITCHER
(and the subnet mask and gateway address if needed) from your network administrator.
If the IP address has been changed to an address comprised of words and characters,
you can determine the actual numeric IP address using the ping (ICMP) utility (see
“
IP Addressing
” on page 127 for more details). If the addresses have not been changed,
the factory-specified defaults are:
s
IP address: 192.168.254.254
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Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
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'ATEWAYADDRESS
Establishing an Ethernet Connection
%STABLISHANETWORKCONNECTIONTOA$80SWITCHERASFOLLOWS
1.
Open a TCP connection to port 23, using the IP address of the switcher. A variety of
methods are available for making this connection, including Telnet or utilities such as
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The switcher responds with a copyright message that includes the date, the name of
the product, firmware version, part number, and the current date and time.
NOTES:
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If the switcher is not password-protected, the device is ready to accept
SIS commands immediately after it sends the copyright message.
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If the switcher is password-protected, a
Password
prompt appears
below the copyright message.
2.
If the switcher is password-protected, enter the appropriate administrator or user
password.
3.
If the password is accepted, the switcher responds with
Login
User
or
Login
Administrator
.
4.
If the password is not accepted, the
Password
prompt reappears.
