Operation
Conguring the network address
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.
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NETWORK ADDRESS
NETWORK SWITCH
L-NET Ethernet network
Remote control of processors and amplied controllers requires setting up a private local area Ethernet network to
interconnect up to 253 units (and additional devices such as Ethernet switches / AVB bridges) with a single control
computer. This Ethernet network, called L-NET, uses L-COM, a proprietary communication protocol based on TCP/
IPv4. The IP addresses on the units are class C addresses and must be set manually. The default subnet for L-NET is
192.168.1.0.
IP address setting
Each unit must be given an IP address that is unique within the network.
It is suggested to give the units consecutive IP addresses from 192.168.1.
1
to 192.168.1.
253
, and to set the
control computer to 192.168.1.
254
.
The Subnet mask on the computer must be set to 255.255.255.0.
An IP address is a unique identier for a network device on a given IP network. In IPv4 networking, it is made
of 4 bytes. In class C private local area IP subnets, the three rst bytes are the network prex and the last byte is
the device identier on the subnet. Regarding device identiers, two numbers are reserved:
0
for designating the
subnet, and
255
to communicate with all devices of the subnet (the IP broadcast address).
Subnet modication
According to the network administration requirements the default subnet (192.168.1.0) can be modied.
Use only Subnet prexes corresponding to private local area networks according to RFC1918 for LA Network
Manager to be able to connect to the amplied controllers.
Subnet mask is automatically dened in rmware according to the network class induced by the Subnet prex
(class A, class B, class C).
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