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4.4.3 ARP
Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by Address Resolution
Protocol (ARP).
Once a remote computer has been pinged, this can be used to see the IP address & MAC address of
the remote computer. It will also show any other devices on the network that it may be connected
to.
Command used for above screen shot is Arp –a. It shows the PC’s direct IP address of
192.168.0.17 as also shown before with IPCONFIG command. The other IP address shown with its
associated MAC address is another device with a connection to the PC. In this example it is the IP
address of a PLC connected to the PC also.
Arp –n lists all the commands available for this function.
4.4.4
ROUTE
Route is used for the Router function. This is where you are joining 2 different networks together
via the WI-MOD-E
refer to Section 1.1
The WI-MOD-E can only accept 1 Routing table. That is it can only accept one router per network
of radios. On the Router radio network PC a routing rule needs to entered to allow access between
Network A and Network B. This is entered in the command prompt as per all other instruction
above.
Route PRINT will show all active routes on PC,
Route ADD will add a routing table to network,
route DELETE <
destination netmask gateway
interface>
will delete the unwanted routing table
route CHANGE modifies an existing route.
An example of a routing table is shown for the configuration below,
