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8.1.4 Network connections
Connecting in an existing IP network requires planning with your IT department in order to
plan the IP addressing scheme. By default HelixNet Main Station uses automatic IP
addressing (DHCP) enabled. In order for that to work properly in an existing IP network there
must be a DHCP server handing out IP addresses. If no DHCP server is found, a Main Station
will revert to an unused link-local address in the 169.254.0.0/16 block.
Through the Networking menu you can disable DHCP and set static IP addresses. When you
assign static IP addresses you need to make sure that the Main Stations you want to link
together are part of the same subnet. The following figure shows an example of Static IP
addresses and Subnet Mask that would work. For more information on IP addresses and
subnets see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork.
Figure 8-4: Network connections
Ethernet Switch
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