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STF-D/IP Hardware Manual
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2.2 Connect the drive to PC using Ethernet
Dual port RJ-45 connectors of the STF-D/IP Drive accept standard Ethernet cables and are
categorized as 100BASE-TX(100 Mb/s) ports. CAT5 or CAT5e (or higher) cables should be used.
Connecting the drive to PC requires three steps:
•
Physically connect the drive to your network (or directly to the PC)
•
Set the drive
’
s IP address
•
Set the appropriate networking properties on your PC.
Note: the following pages are an excerpt from the “eSCL Communication Reference
Guide”.
For more information, please read the rest of the guide.
Addresses, Subnets, and Ports
Every device on an Ethernet network must have a unique IP address. In order for two devices to
communicate with each other, they must both be connected to the network and they must have
IP addresses that are on the same subnet. A subnet is a logical division of a larger network.
Members of one subnet are generally not able to communicate with members of another unless
they are connected through special network equipment (e.g. router). Subnets are de
fi
ned by the
choices of IP addresses and subnet masks.
If you want to know the IP address and subnet mask of your PC, select Start
…
All Programs
…
Accessories
…
Command Prompt. Then type
“
ipcon
fi
g
”
and press Enter. You should see
something like this:
If your PC’s subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0, a common setting known as a Class C subnet
mask, then your machine can only talk to another network device whose IP address matches
yours in the first three octets. (The numbers between the dots in an IP address are called octets.)
For example, if your PC is on a Class C subnet and has an IP address of 192.168.0.20, it can talk
to a device at 192.168.0.40, but not one at 192.168.1.40. If you change your subnet mask to
255.255.0.0 (Class B) you can talk to any device whose first two octets match yours. Be sure to
ask your system administrator before doing this. Your network may be segmented for a reason.
Your drive includes a 16 position rotary switch for setting its IP address. The factory default
address for each switch setting is shown in the table on the next page.
Settings 1 through E can be changed using the
STF Configurator
software. Setting 0 is always
“10.10.10.10”, the universal recovery address. If someone were to change the other settings and
not write it down or tell anyone (I’m not naming names here, but you know who I’m talking about)
then you will not be able to communicate with your drive. The only way to “recover” it is to use the
universal recovery address.
