Controlling the Reader
Sargas User Guide
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Network Settings: General Network Settings
Table 3:
General Network Settings:
Ethernet Interface Setttings
Table 4:
Ethernet Interface Settings
Setting
Description
Automatic
Hostname
Turning on automatic hostname will append the last six numbers (3 bytes) of the
Reader
ʼ
s address to the text in the hostname field.
For example, given a hostname of Sargas and a MAC Address of 00:12:A4:
13:47:AC, the automatic hostname would be Sargas-1347ac.
Hostname
This field contains the name of the Reader.
NTP Server
This field contains the address of any network time protocol server(s) (Optional).
Domain Name
This field contains the network domain name.
Primary DNS
Server
This field allows the Sargas Reader to resolve hostnames to IP addresses.
Secondary DNS
Server
This field allows the Sargas Reader to resolve hostnames to IP addresses.
Setting
Description
Use DHCP?
If set to Yes, the Reader will automatically look for its LAN IP, Netmask, and Gateway
addresses from a DHCP Server.
Use Fallback
Interface
If set to Yes, the reader will use either a static or link-local address if the IP
address cannot be obtained through DHCP..
Network
Interface
Selects whether a static address or link-local address is used if DHCP fails.
Use DHCP
Server- supplied
Host- name?
If set to Yes, the manually supplied hostname (see Hostname) will be overridden by
the hostname supplied by the DHCP Server.
LAN IP Address
If a static IP address is configured as either a primary or fall-back method, you should
manually enter the LAN address.
LAN Gateway
Unless all devices are on a local network, you must enter the IP address of an IP
router on your local network (is address must be within the same network as all other
local devices.
