IP_Address

The “IP_Address” parameter should always be supplied. This parameter is used to designate a board's IP network address, and there must be a separate IP_Address” parameter line for every board instance which will be used with TCP/IP. If there is only one active board using TCP/IP, the parameter takes an IP address as its only value:

IP_Address 204.250.100.1

The IP address is specified in standard dotted-decimal notation, one decimal number for each byte of the four-byte address value. The underscore character ('_') in “IP_Address” is required.

If there are multiple boards using TCP/IP, then an additional network name value is required to associate each address assignment with its proper board:

IP_Address 204.250.100.1 EXEC_NET

IP_Address 197.235.19.104 SALES_NET

The network name value is used in conjunction with the “Bind” parameter to associate the correct IP address with each board instance.

Note: The use of more advanced mechanisms for assigning IP addresses, such as RARP, is beyond the scope of this documentation. The use of such mechanisms in place of static IP address assignments is, of course, solely up to the discretion of TCP/IP network administrators.

Note: Regardless of the method used to determine a server machine's IP address, it is essential that the IP address remains the same every time the network software is reinitialized (such as after rebooting).