Raritan PX3-1000 series, User Manual

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Chapter 6: Using the Web Interface
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Overview of the Cascading Modes
You must apply a cascading mode to the cascading configuration. See
Setting the Cascading Mode
(on page 231).
Overview:
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The Bridging mode supports the wired network only, while the Port
Forwarding mode supports both wired and wireless networks.

All cascading modes support a maximum of 16 devices in a chain.

All cascading modes support both DHCP and static IP addressing.
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In the Bridging mode, each cascaded device has a unique IP address.
In the Port Forwarding mode, all cascaded devices share the same
IP address.

Each cascaded device can be remotely accessed through the
network regardless of the cascading mode.
Illustration:
In the following diagrams, it is assumed that users enable the DHCP
networking in the cascading configuration comprising four devices.
"M" is the master device and "S" is the slave device.
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"Bridging" mode:
In this mode, the DHCP server communicates with every cascaded
device respectively and assigns four
different IP addresses. Each
device has its own IP address. The way to remotely access each
cascaded device is completely the same as accessing a standalone
device in the network.