Network Settings
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Half-Duplex (10Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1000Mbps)
Half-duplex data transmission means that data can be transmitted in both directions on a signal carrier, but not at the
same time. For example, on a LAN using a technology that has half-duplex transmission, one device can send data on the
line and then immediately receive data on the line from the same direction in which data was just transmitted. Half-
duplex transmission implies a bidirectional line (one that can carry data in both directions). On the BluStar 8000i, you can
set the half-duplex transmission to transmit in 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or in 1000Mbps.
Full-Duplex (10Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1000Mbps)
Full-duplex data transmission means that data can be transmitted in both directions on a signal carrier at the same time.
For example, on a LAN with a technology that has full-duplex transmission, one device can be sending data on the line
while another device is receiving data. Full-duplex transmission implies a bidirectional line (one that can move data in
both directions). On the BluStar 8000i, you can set the full-duplex transmission to transmit in 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or in
1000Mbps.
To Configure the LAN Port:
You can configure the “
ethernet port 0
” parameter using the configuration files.
Network Time Servers
A time server is a computer server that reads the actual time from a reference clock and distributes this information to
the clients in a network. The time server may be a local network time server or an internet time server.
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is the most widely used protocol that distributes and synchronizes time in the network
with the time on the time server. You can enable a time server to synchronize time on the BluStar 8000i with the timer
server you specify. The Time Server is enabled by default.
An administrator can use the configuration files to enable/disable the time server using the “
time server disabled
”
parameter, and specify a time server 1, timer server 2, and/or time server 3 using the “
time server1
”, “
time server2
”,
and/or “
time sever3
” parameters.
To Configure the NTP Servers:
Use the following procedure to enable/disable the time server and optionally set the IP address of time servers 1, 2,
and/or 3.
Configuration Files
For the specific parameter(s) you can set in the configuration files, see Appendix A, the section,
Configuration Files
For the specific parameter(s) you can set in the configuration files, see Appendix A, the section,