Echelon i.LON 600 LonWorks/IP Server - Manual (Page 93)

Section 3: Appendixes
i.LON 600s are logically identical to TP-1250 or FT routers, but use IP as their high
speed backbone instead of a TP-1250 backbone. They may not be connected to the same
physical wire.
Two i.LON 600s located in different cities could use the Internet as a high-speed
backbone to create a single L
ON W ORKS network. Instead of connecting the two i.LON
600s with one long wire, the Internet is used to create a “virtual wire”. The Configuration
Server is the software that creates this virtual wire.
Home
Network A
i.LON 600
192.168.1.102
NAT
Gateway
192.168.1.1
Home
Network B
i.LON 600
10.1.1.8
NAT
Gateway
10.1.1.1
ISP A ISP B
Internet
29.1.7.65 131.23.203.17
FT Channel
FT Channel
New York London
Figure 44. Creating a Virtual Wire
The Configuration Server is aware of NAT gateways and you should enter each NAT
gateway in your system as you create your L
ON W ORKS /IP channel (virtual wire). In
Figure 45 , the Configuration Server might look like the following:
Figure 45. Configuration Server Setup
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