Figure 5: Left to right, Thunderbolt 3 to SFP+ adapter and 2xSFP+ 10GbE NIC adapter card.
The SM200C/SM435C is a network device and has a network address that includes a media
access control (MAC) address, (internet protocol) IP address, and Port address.
The MAC address uniquely identifies a network device. No two network devices will have the
same MAC address. Customers cannot change the MAC address and should never need to know
the devices MAC address, although it is used by your computer in the address resolution protocol
(ARP) table which correlates MAC address with IP addresses.
The IP address is a label assigned to each device on a given network. Each Signal Hound device
is configured with a default IP address of 192.168.2.10. This address can be changed using the
API or with the network configuration utility in Spike. When interfacing a networked device, the IP
address of the device must be specified to establish communication.
The port address is another important number used in networking. The default port number is
51665. Its purpose is to ensure the data is delieved to the right application on the two network
devices (in this case, your PC and the Signal Hound device).