Method for configuring network devices without ip reachability
AssigneeHirschmann Automation and Control GmbH
InventorsAndreas WALDEN, Markus SEEHOFER
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Abstract
In a method for operating a network, wherein at least two network devices are connected to one another in the network via a data line and exchange data via this data line, each network device is permanently associated with an independent MAC address; a network management station controls the configuration and/or the operation of the network; and a query is sent to the network devices from the network management station by multicast by means of a language-independent data format in order to query the configuration parameters of the network devices and/or configure the queried network devices by means of the language-independent data formats.
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A method for operating a network, wherein at least two network devices are connected to one another via a data line and exchange data via this data line, each network device being permanently assigned a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address, and wherein a network management station controlling the configuration and/or operation of the network, wherein the network management station sends a query by multicast using a language-independent data format to the network devices in order to query the configuration parameters of the network devices and/or to configure the queried network devices using the language-independent data format.
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