Ecler White Paper - Networking with EclerNet Manager User Manual download pdf (Page 5)

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WhitePaper–NetworkingwithEclerNetManager

Document:AS Version:1.0 Date: Page5 of12

CaremustbetakentoentertheIPaddresswithoutleadingzeros,since:

10.0.0.04

Isdefinitelynotthesameas:

10.0.0.4

AUDPportisusedbyEclerNetManagersoftwareanditscompatiblehardwaretosendcontrol

anddatamessagesbetweendevices.So,anextracaremustbeappliedto

ensurethatallthe

networkdevicesbetweenthecontroller(PC)andthecontrolled(MIMO88)devicesallowUDP

packetstoflowfreely;thiscanaffecttoswitches,hubs,routersetc.TheUDPportvaluecanbe

changedtoanysuitableandunusedvalue,butmustbedoneatbothsidessimultaneously.

Abasicandusefultoolisthe“ping”command.Alwayscheckthecorrectconfigurationpinging

fromthePCtothedeviceIPaddress(again,fromaCMDwindow):

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Moreadvancedtoolstohelpintroubleshootingaretheportscannersandthetrafficnetwork

analyzersuchNmap,Wireshark…

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3. AdvancedNetworkConfiguration

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EclerNetManagerusesmulticast

packetsto“discover”theunusedcompatibledevices(those

onesstillnotincludedina project),eveniftheyarenotinthesameIPrange.Thesedevices

mayappearinsidethe“OnlineandUnusedDevicesList”windowinEclerNetManager:

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