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Network configuration
This page allows you to configure the various aspects of the IP port.
MAC address
Media Access Control address – this is the unique and unchangeable code that was hard coded within your Agility Dual with VNC
unit when it was built. It consists of six 2-digit hexadecimal (base 16) numbers separated by colons. A section of the MAC address
identifies the manufacturer, while the remainder is effectively the unique electronic serial number of your particular unit.
IP Address
This is the identity of the Agility Dual with VNC within a network. The IP address can be thought of as the telephone number of
the Agility Dual with VNC. Unlike the MAC address, the IP address can be altered to suit the network to which it is connected. It
can either be entered manually or configured automatically using the DHCP option. When the DHCP option is enabled, this entry
is greyed out.
IP Network Mask
Also often called the subnet-mask, this value is used alongside the IP address to help define a smaller collection (or subnet) of
devices on a network. In this way a distinction is made between locally connected devices and ones that are reachable elsewhere,
such as on the wider Internet. This process helps to reduce overall traffic on the network and hence speed up connections in gen-
eral.
