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APPENDIX B
APPENDIX B: ADVANCED ILON 10 CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURING I.LON IP INFORMATION
Hostname The TCP/IP host name of the i.LON 10 Ethernet
Adapter.
When the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter establishes a
connection with an LNS server it provides its fully qualified
host/domain name so the LNS server knows which
LONWORKS database to open. By default, the i.LON
10 Ethernet Adapter’s host name is ilon10. The i.LON 10
Ethernet Adapter must be reset for change in this value
to take effect. The URL of the i.LON 10 is Hostname.DNS
Suffix (i.e. if Hostname is set to ilon10 and DNS Suffix is
set to echelon.com, the URL will be ilon10.echelon.com.
Valid characters are numbers, letters, and the hyphen
(‘-‘) character. This field has a maximum length of 63
characters.
DNS Suffix The IP domain name in which the i.LON 10
Ethernet Adapter is installed. This value is optional. All
non-space characters are valid for this field. This field has a
maximum length of 63 characters.
Obtain IP Address from DHCP Server Set this option to
have the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter obtain its IP address,
subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers from the
local network’s DHCP server. If this option is set, you must
set the Hostname and DNS Suffix and register these values
with your DNS administrator. To see the IP address that has
been assigned to the i.LON 10, open the System Log Web
page in secure mode (see the i.LON 10 User’s Guide for
more information about the System Log Web page).
Specify IP Address Set this option when specifying a
static IP address for the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter in IP
Address.
IP Address Static IP address used by the i.LON 10
Ethernet Adapter if Obtain IP address from DHCP Server is
not set. By default, this value is set to 192.168.1.222.
Subnet Mask Subnet mask used by the i.LON 10 Ethernet
Adapter if Obtain IP address from DHCP Server is not set.
By default, this value is 255.255.255.0.
Gateway Gateway used by the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter
if Obtain IP address from DHCP Server is not set. By
default, this value is 192.168.1.1.
Primary/Secondary DNS Server The primary and
secondary DNS Servers used to resolve LNS Server names
if Obtain IP address from DHCP Server is not set. If DNS
servers are specified both here and by the DHCP server, the
DNS server specified by DHCP will be used.
CONFIGURING LNS SERVER IP INFORMATION
Once your i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter is established as
part of a TCP/IP network, you can configure it to be able to
communicate uplink with one or more LNS Servers. Set the
following fields in the Setup Web page to allow the i.LON 10
to call uplink to an LNS Server:
LNS Server 1/2/3 Up to three LNS Server names or IP
addresses in the form
<LNS Server IP Address>:<port> or
<LNS Server Name>:<port>
For example, you can specify 123.2.34.1:1628 or
mylns.echelon.com:1628. The i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter
will attempt to send packets to the first server on the list. If
that server does not respond, it will try the second server,
then the third. LNS Servers can be specified by DNS name.
If DNS names are used, a DNS server must be listed in
Primary/Secondary DNS Server or be available through the
local network’s DHCP server.
Listen for incoming LNS Server connections on port
The TCP port on which the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter
receives packets (LONWORKS messages). Defaults to
1628. It is not recommended that the port number be set
below 1025, as ports 0 through 1024 are normally reserved.
Use CENELEC Access Protocol This option is only
available on the power-line model. Set this option to use
the CENELEC protocol for power-line communications. This
protocol is often used in European power-line installations.
Raw MD5 Authentication Key/Text Shared Secret These
options appear only when you first access the i.LON 10
Ethernet Adapter via HTTP after a security access reset
(see Security Access Reset). You can enter either a 16
byte, hexadecimal, colon separated key in Raw MD5
Authentication (i.e., 11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:00:AA:
BB:CC:DD:EE:FF) or a word or phrase between 16 and 63
characters long (all white space will be removed) in Text
Shared Secret.
If you select Text Shared Secret, the Raw MD5
Authentication Key will be cleared. If you select Raw MD5
Authentication Key, the Text Shared Secret will be cleared.
The MD5 authentication key or shared secret entered here
must match the key or phrase supplied to the xDriver and
LNS Server software with which the i.LON 10 Ethernet
Adapter communicates. Using an MD5 authentication key
or phrase prevents unauthorized messages from being sent
to either the LNS Server or the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter.