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System Administrator’s Guide
Document K14392V1 Rev A 35
07/07
To Set a Network Connection
1. In the Add Site/Update Site dialog box, click in the “Connections to the Site” pane.
The Add Connection dialog box appears. In the Connection Name box, a stylized arrow
and “Network” are appended to the site’s name.
2. Before typing into the IP Address box, find out whether you are dealing with a:
• - Common network, without DHCP (or with DHCP disabled) -
type a static IP address, obtained from the unit’s installer or network administrator, as
mentioned in section
Naming / Renaming a Site. Continue this procedure.
• - Standalone unit (unit not on a network and the PC that runs Admin software has
a network card) -
type a static IP address. You can match the network settings of Microsoft
Windows running on the PC to either the unit’s default, listed in table
3–3 on
p. 36. See Standalone Unit and a PC that Has a Network Card.
• - One IP for many destinations -
type the static IP address of an internet router. Network address translation (NAT)
and port address translation (PAT) values are obtained from the network
administrator; see
Network Address Translation, p. 37.
• - Network using DNS and a DHCP server -
Obtain the site serial number, printed on a sticker affixed to the unit, for use in the
computer name for the Multi-Media unit. The format for the name is:
“REM[hyphen][site serial number (without the leading zeroes)]”. For example:
REM–7654321. Type this computer name in the Connection Name box. See also
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• - DHCP server, without DNS -
type the IP address reserved by DHCP for the unit. Contact the administrator of
your network, to obtain a reserved IP address; otherwise the address will change,
compromising attempts to connect to the unit. See Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol.
3. Name the connection, either by:
• Leaving the name set by Admin in the Connection Name box.
• Typing another name in the Connection Name box.
4. Click Save and Close. The “Add Connection” window remains open.
5. Click Close. The Sites tab appears. In the tab’s Primary Connection column, the first
letter of “network” appears in parentheses: (n), followed by the IP address used to
connect to the Multi-Media unit. See figure
3–6.
Fig. 3–6. Site Tab’s Report of Primary Connections.