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- DTN Ethernet Setup Instructions - Ensign Windows can connect to the DTN D8000 and D8080 Velocity receiver boxes using the Ethernet port. Performance measurements we have made show the Ethernet connection handles 40 times more data than a 115K baud serial port. If your computer has an Ethernet port, you really should get connected to the DTN receiver using Ethernet. The connection is so fast and accurate, gone are the days of waiting for a news story to download or dropping quotes because of port overruns. Follow the instructions below for setting up the 10Base-T Ethernet port. Control Panel as shown. On the Control Panel double click the Network icon that is shown above and you arrive at the following form. In the list of installed network components, select the TCP/IP component for your Ethernet device, and click the Properties button to display the following form. Select the 'IP Address' tab. Select the 'Specify an IP Address' bullet and enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask values as shown. Click the OK buttons to close the forms. Your system may inform you that the computer needs to reboot for the change to be effective. Follow the prompts to reboot. You may be asked to insert your Windows CD in the CD drive so that drivers can be loaded. While you can connect through a hub, the preferred method is to connect the DTN receiver directly to the 10Base-T Ethernet card in your computer using a cable that has its incoming and outgoing data lines swapped (similar to a null modem serial cable). A 15 foot cable from a local computer store costs $10. If you need to buy an Ethernet card to install in your computer, they cost under $20. DTN strongly recommends a private network connection to prevent the increased message traffic from swamping an existing network. Also, there may be a security breech in the retransmission of exchange data by sending it across an intranet. For computers already on a network, a private network can be created by installing a second Ethernet card and connecting directly to the DTN receiver. If you must use a configuration other than the default, the TCP and UDP addresses and ports can be changed by editing entries in the C:\Ensign\Inifile\Ensign.ini file. Most users will be able to use the defaults.

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