In this appendix:
Overview .................................................................................. A-1
Establishing a point-to-point connection ................................... A-1
Connecting to the LAN ............................................................. A-9
LAN speeds ............................................................................ A-12
Duplex mode .......................................................................... A-12
Viewing LAN status messages ............................................... A-13
Viewing the network settings .................................................. A-13
Selecting a LAN interface protocol ......................................... A-14
Overview
This section describes how to connect to the LAN.
The Series 3700A is LXI version 1.4 Core 2011 compliant. The Series 3700A is a scalable test
system that can connect directly to a host computer or interact with a DHCP or DNS server and other
LXI-compliant instruments on a local area network (LAN). The Series 3700A also supports Multicast
DNS (mDNS) and DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD), which are useful on a LAN with no central
administration.
The Series 3700A is compliant with the IEEE Std 802.3 and supports full connectivity on a 10 or
100 megabits-per-second network. The LAN interface is an alternative to GPIB that can be used to
build flexible test systems that include web access.
Please read this entire section before you connect the Series 3700A to the LAN.
Establishing a point-to-point connection
To enable access to the instrument web page and other web applications from a computer, use a
one-to-one LAN connection and set up a static IP address between the host computer and the
instrument.
The following instructions describe how to configure the IP address of the instrument. The IP address
of the instrument is based on the present IP address of the host computer. Each device on the LAN
(corporate or private) requires a unique IP address.
Contact your corporate information technology (IT) department for permission before you
connect the Series 3700A to a corporate network.
Appendix A
LAN concepts and settings
