Configuring Ether Link network settings using a Telnet client
Note on subnet configuration
To set an Ether Link's network
settings using a Telnet client,
open a Telnet session to the IP
address of the link whose
settings you want to change.
Details on Telnet connection
can be found in the “telnet.pdf”
file on the Installation diskette.
If the Ether-Serial Link is on a different subnet from a client station
that is attempting to access it, the Ether-Serial Link will be visible in
an instance of the LAVA Ether Link Manager running on the client
station, and its ports can be activated on that client station, but
applications running on the client station will not be able to open a
serial port on the Ether-Serial Link.
For example, if the IP address of the Ether-Serial Link is 192.168.0.35
and the IP address of the client station is 192.168.1.1, the two
devices are on different subnets (as indicated by the difference
between the "0" and the "1" in the third portion of the two IP
addresses).
Two solutions exist:
• change the subnet of the either the Ether-Serial Link or the
client station so that they are both on the same subnet or,
• change the subnet mask of the Ether-Serial Link to encompass
both subnets. By default, the Ether-Serial Link has its subnet
mask set to 255.255.255.0. This setting excludes all but the
fourth portion of the IP address when assessing IP addresses. In
the example above, a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 will include
the Ether-Serial Link in both subnets.
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