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6.4 Ethernet installation
6.4.1 Settings
Before devices can be connected to an existing Ethernet network, you have to ensure that they
will not disturb the normal network service. The rule is:
None of the devices to connect is allowed to have the same IPv4/v6
address than another device already installed
The device supports both IPv4 and IPv6 communication. IPv4 communication is activated by default; IPv6
can be activated additionally via configuration.
IPv4 communication
Depending on the device version, there may be multiple Ethernet interfaces with different default IPv4
addresses.
Interface Application
Default IPv4
Settings via menu
Standard
Configuration / Modbus TCP 192.168.1.101
Settings | Communication | Ethernet
IEC 61850
IEC61850 communication
192.168.1.111
Settings | IEC61850 | Ethernet
PROFINET PROFINET communication
0.0.0.0
(exclusively via control system)
IPv6 communication
Depending on the device version, there may be multiple Ethernet interfaces with different default IPv6
addresses, once the IPv6 communication is activated.
Interface Application
Default IPv6
Settings via menu
Standard
Configuration / Modbus TCP fd2d:bb44:97f1:3976::1 Settings | Communication | Ethernet
IEC 61850
IEC61850 communication
fd2d:bb44:97f1:3976::B Settings | IEC61850 | Ethernet
PROFINET PROFINET communication
0::0
(exclusively via control system)
Network settings
(Communication | Ethernet)
The following settings have to be arranged with the network administrator:
•
IPv4/6:
IP address
Must be
unique
, i.e. may be assigned in the network only once
•
IPv4:
Subnet mask
Defines how many devices are directly addressable in the IPv4 network. This
setting is equal for all the devices.
Examples
•
IPv4/6: Gateway address
Is used to resolve addresses during communication between different networks. It
should contain a valid address within the directly addressable network
•
IPv4/6: DNS-Server x
Is used to resolve a domain name into an address, if e.g. a name (pool.ntp.org) is
used for the NTP server.
•
IPv6: Prefix length
Is comparable to the subnet mask in IPv4 networks; it is the number of the leftmost
bits of the site prefix which need to be identical for direct communication.
•
Hostname
Individual designation for each device. Via the hostname the device can be
uniquely identified in the network. Therefore for each device a unique name should
be assigned.
•
NTP-Server x
NTP servers are used as base for