Introduction to the Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis System

LAN Configuration 4
Agilent Bootp Service
Agilent Bootp Service
Agilent Bootp Service provides central administration of IP addresses for
Agilent CE instruments in a LAN. The service runs on the instrument LAN PC,
which must be running a TCP/IP network protocol and cannot run a DHCP
server.
When an instrument is powered on, a LAN interface in the instrument sends a
request for an IP address or host name and provides its hardware address as
an identifier. The request may continue for up to 5 minutes. The Agilent Bootp
Service answers this request and passes a previously defined IP address and
host name associated with the hardware address to the requesting instrument.
When the instrument receives its IP address and host name, it stops sending
the request. It maintains the IP address as long as it is powered on. Powering
down the instrument causes it to lose its IP address, so the Agilent Bootp
Service must be started. Since the Agilent Bootp Service runs in the
background, the instrument will receive its IP address once it is powered up.
Detailed documentation on installation and the usage of the Agilent Bootp
Service can be found on your ChemStation installation DVD under \Support\
Manuals\Installation.
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