MorphoAccess® VP Series - User Guide
Section 3: Connecting a MorphoAccess® to a PC
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Connection through a LAN
Description
The MorphoAccess® terminal can be connected to a PC through a Local Area
Network (LAN).
The MorphoAccess® terminal required for a connection is specified by its IP address
or by its host name, if it can be added to the DNS Server database. The IP address is
either static, or dynamically assigned by the DHCP server of the network.
Figure 13: Connection through a LAN
It is recommended to connect MorphoAccess® terminals on a dedicated network to
reduce possible fraudulent accesses to terminal configuration. Please contact network
administrator for more information about LAN security strategies.
Before connecting the terminal to a LAN (through Ethernet), it is necessary to specify
the LAN parameters to the terminal. The values of these parameters are to be provided
and/or approved by the administrator of the network.
LAN with DNS Server
When a DNS server is available in the LAN, the PC can request the connection to the
MorphoAccess® terminal by using its host name instead of its IP address.
But the network administrator must add the MorphoAccess® terminal host name to the
DNS server database. Otherwise, a TCP open session request, using the terminal’s
hostname, will fail. Please contact local network administrator for this operation.
It is useful to specify the MorphoAccess® terminal by its host name, when the DHCP
mode is enabled, as the IP address of the terminal can change after a power up.