Appendix A Choosing Network Settings
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Giving Your FP-20xx a Host Name
Follow these steps to give your FP-20xx a hostname:
1. Right-click the Comm Resource in FieldPoint Explorer, and choose
Edit this comm resource.
2. Click Browse to launch Remote System Explorer.
3. Double-click the serial number of the module for which you want to
enter a host name.
4. On the System tab of the System Configuration dialog box, enter a
name in the Host Name field.
5. On the Network Settings tab of the System Configuration dialog box,
make sure the DNS Address value points to correct location.
6. If your network has a DNS server, ask your network administrator to
add a table entry for your host name.
If your network does not have a DNS server, you need to set up the
hosts
files on each networked computer. A
hosts
file allows a
networked computer to use host names when no DNS server is
available. Each computer on the network that needs to access the
FP-20xx should have a properly configured
hosts
file.
Setting up a Hosts File Under Windows 2000/NT/XP
1. Log on as an administrator to the local machine (not onto a domain).
2. Create a text file called
hosts
. This file has to be placed in the
system32\drivers\etc
directory of the system root, for example:
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
3. The file should include the following lines, where
hostname
is the
host name of the FP-20xx and
12.34.56.78
is its IP address:
127.0.0.1 localhost
12.34.56.78 hostname
Setting Up a Hosts File Under Windows 98/95
1. Create a text file called
hosts
. This file has to be placed in the
windows
directory, for example
c:\windows\hosts
2. The file should include the following lines, where
fp is the host name
of the FP-20xx and
12.34.56.78
is its IP address:
127.0.0.1 localhost
12.34.56.78 fp
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