Chapter 3
Hardware and Software Configuration
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Remote System Explorer searches for any FP-20
xx
or other National
Instruments Ethernet devices on the subnet. The serial number shown
corresponds to the serial number of your FP-20
xx
. The status of the
module is
Unconfigured
because you have not set an IP address
for it.
6.
Double-click the serial number of the FP-20
xx
you want to configure.
Alternatively, you can right-click the network module and choose
Configure Device
.
7.
Enter values on the
Network Settings
tab of the System Configuration
dialog box, shown in the following figure. Refer to Appendix A,
, for more information about choosing
appropriate addresses for these fields. You also can click
Suggest
Values
to let the software provide default parameters. If your network
does not have a gateway server or DNS server, you should set these
parameters to
0.0.0.0
.
•
IP Address
—The unique, computer-readable address of a device
on your network. An IP address is typically represented as four
numbers separated by periods (for example,
130.164.55.112
)
where the numbers can be between 0 and 255, inclusive.
•
Subnet Mask
—A code that helps the network device determine
whether another device is on the same subnet or a different subnet.
The most common subnet mask is
255.255.255.0
.