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Network connecting guidelines
Here are some guidelines, concerning the connection of a Merlin CE5 to a network
share in a server on a different subnet IP:
We have a Merlin device (with Windows CE v. 5 as operating system) from which we
need to access to a network share (1) on a Windows Server 2000 (or 2003).
The Windows server and Merlin are on different IP subnets separated by a router (you
can understand also that Merlin and server are in different VLANs (2) or, the server is in
a DMZ(3)).
With a default IP configuration on the Merlin, while trying to access the network share of
the server you receive an error message looks like ‘bad network path’.
To let the Merlin becomes able to reach that network share (typically trying to access
to something like \\servername\sharename) we have to modify the configuration of the
Merlin TCP/IP parameters adding a WINS server address which belongs to the same
IP subnet of the server (if a value is already present it has to be replaced with the new
one). Typically you can configure this value using the IP address of the Windows server
you need to access to.
Follows the Windows command to access a network share:
from Start / run you can type \\servername\sharename (or \\server_IP_address\sharena-
me) if an authentication is required, a login menu (in which you have to type username
and password) will be prompted.
DOS commands to “map” and access a network share:
net use * \\servername\sharename /user:domain\username ---> this is the mapping
command (a password will be asked)
dir \\servername\sharename ---> this is the command to list the content of the share
‘net help use’ shows a help panel of the ‘net’ command
Glossary:
(1) Network share http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_resource
(2) VLAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlan
(3) DMZ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)
Windows CE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_ce
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