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Chapter 2 - Setting Up the Device
2.5 Connecting to the Network
The dataFEED Gateway is equipped with two 10/100 Base-T Ethernet interface receptacle (RJ45). The ports
correspond to the IEEE 802.3.
IT
for connecting to the IT network (upper part of diagram)
MACHINE
for connecting to the machine network
Two different logical network connections
Both network connections (ports) have their own network segment. Thus make sure that IP
addresses used differ depending on the network segment.
Example
Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
IP address 1:
192.168.
1
.1
IP address 2:
192.168.
2
.1
Common network
If there is only one (logical) network, than it is recommended to connect only the IT Ethernet interface with this
network. In this case the Ethernet interface of the machine side should be disabled by assigning the IP address
0.0.0.0 and the subnetmask 0.0.0.0 to it (see
).
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