Network setup - ip address determination – Tripp Lite B064-016-04-IP User Manual

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3.2 IP Installer

3.1.1 Redundant NIC

3.1.2 IP Address

3.1.3 DNS Server

3.1 Local Console

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3. Network Setup - IP Address Determination

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If Redundant NIC is enabled (the default), both interfaces use the IP address assigned to Network Adapter 1. Under this configuration, the

B064-Series KVM Switch will switch to the second network interface in the event there is a crash on the first network interface.

If you select Redundant NIC, the Network Interface drop-down menu will be frozen to Network Adapter 1, and you will only have to

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enter IP Address and DNS Server settings once.
If you do not select Redundant NIC, you will have to enter IP Address and DNS Server settings for both Network Adapter 1 and

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Network Adapter 2. Use the Network Interface drop-down menu to select the Network Adapter you want to configure.

For computers running Windows, an IP address can be assigned with the IP Installer utility:

The B064-Series KVM Switch can either have its IP address assigned dynamically (DHCP), or it can be given a fixed IP address.

For dynamic IP address assignment, select the

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Obtain IP address automatically option.

To assign an IP address yourself, select the

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Set IP address manually option and fill in an IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway

appropriate for you network.

As with the IP Address, you have the option of having the DNS Server set automatically or setting it yourself.

For automatic DNS Server address assignment, select the

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Obtain DNS Server address automatically option.

To specify the DNS Server address manually, select the

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Set DNS server address manually option, and enter in Preferred and Alternate

DNS servers that are appropriate for your network.

Note: If you choose to enter the DNS Server manually, it is required that you specify the preferred DNS Server address. The alternate

DNS Server address is optional.

See the Owner’s Manual on the B064-Series KVM Switch CD for more information on the settings in the Network tab of the Device

Management section.

Obtain the IP Installer file from the CD that came with the

B064-Series KVM Switch and save it to a desired location on a

computer that is on the same network as your B064-Series

KVM Switch.
Go to the IP Installer file that you just saved and run the

IPInstaller.exe file. A dialog box similar to the one below

appears:

Select the B064-Series KVM Switch in the Device List.

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Note: If the list is empty, or your device doesn’t appear, click

Enumerate to refresh the Device List. If there is more than

one device in the list, use the MAC address to pick the one

you want. The B064-Series KVM Switch’s MAC address is

located on its bottom panel.

From here you can choose to

Obtain an IP address

automatically (DHCP), or Specify an IP address. If you choose

to assign your own address, fill in the IP Address, Subnet Mask,

and Gateway fields with information appropriate to your

network.
Click

Set IP.

After the IP address shows up in the Device List, click

Exit.