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Assigning the IP address
Subject to error and alteration
E.g. under Windows:
arp -s 172.16.231.10 00-C0-3D-00-12-FF
E.g under UNIX/Linux:
arp -s 172.16.231.10 00:C0:3D:00:12:FF
1 The IP addresses must be without leading zeros in
all Windows environments. Otherwise the entry is incor-
rectly interpreted by the system and an incorrect IP address
is assigned to the Com-Server. In Windows Vista and newer
the prompt
cmd.exe necessary for invoking the ARP command
must be started using Administrator rights.
Step 2
Use the following command line to
ping the Com-Server with
the desired IP address:
ping 10.40.21.12
The Com-Server takes the IP address of the first network pa-
cket sent to it as its own and saves it in non-volatile memory.
The ping requests of the PC are then replied.
It is not possible to configure the subnet mask and gateway
address using a static ARP entry. These need to be set in a