1 Network
1.1 Addresses
1.2 IP Addressing
1.3 Router
2 Server
3 WinCE Client
3.1 Reference guide
3.2.1 IP network parameters
3.2.2 RF network parameters
3.3 Server parameters
4 Win32 Client
5 DOS Client (not available on V4)
5.1 Network and terminal
parameters
5.2 Server parameters
6 Administrator
7 Server Connection Wizard
7.1 Solve names into IP
addresses
7.2 Balance client connections in a multi-server environment
Network parameters must be configured on the Server and Client systems, and sometimes on other network devices.
Ask your Network Administrator for:
Network parameters
PC Server parameters
WinCE Client parameters
DOS Client parameters
PC Client parameters
IP addresses have 4 decimal numbers from 0 to 255. Addresses are provided in "dotted decimal" form. One part of the IP address (the left part) is "the subnet" and the rest (the right part) is "the computer".
The subnet Mask determines which numbers of the IP address belong to the left
part and which ones to the right. The Subnet Mask must be the same across the network.
Subnet masks have 4 decimal numbers, usually 0 or 255. Subnet mask
shows which part of the IP address is "the subnet" and which
part is "the computer". Usually
subnet mask is:
See the address of the Server computer, the terminal station and the subnet mask to
determine if they are on the same subnet or not.
If the host computer and WiFi terminals are on the same subnet,
no router is needed.
If the Server computer and WiFi terminals are not on the same subnet, a router is
needed. The router address must be on the same subnet as the terminals.
Check if the TCP/IP protocol is available on the computer, on the interface
connected to the network.
See "Network Configuration / Windows 2000".
You can modify the server port by editing the WSServer.ini file.
Start the WireLess Studio Desktop Server (not available on V4) or the NT/XP/W2000/W2003 service.
You can verify the host address accessibility with the "ping" utility from a
Windows-based PC.
Get (on-line) the terminal Product Reference Guide of your terminal:
Symbol
Datalogic
Intermec
Hand Held Products
Mobile Compia
Psion Teklogix
Janam
Hewlett Packard iPaq
Dell
WinCE Client is configured in two steps:
These parameters are configured through Windows CE Operating System Settings (platform dependent).
(Refer to Windows CE Help of your terminal for system configuration.)
These parameters are configured through Windows CE Operating System Settings (platform dependent).
(Refer to Windows CE Help of your terminal for system configuration.)
These parameters are configured through the WS configuration menu.
Press the "Configure" button.
Note: To renegotiate your IP address with |
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Enter the config password ("234") | |
Press the "Server List" button. | |
Click on the name to select a server from the list or press "New" to add a server. Press "Delete" to suppress the selected row. The names preceded by a dot are wizard names. Modify the port number, if necessary. Press "OK" to validate. |
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New server:
Input the new server name.
Note: To set the server as default check Press "OK" to validate. |
If the Windows Client is in the same computer as WireLess Studio Server you may connect by selecting "localhost" in the server list.
If the Windows Client is in a different computer than the WireLess Studio
Server, check if the TCP/IP protocol is available, and if the Host that runs the
server may be reached from the PC.
See
"Network Configuration / Windows 2000".
Input the computer name or the IP address of the host that runs the WireLess
Studio Server, then click the "connect" button.
The DOS terminal is configured in two steps:
These parameters are configured through the CFG24 utility (see CFG24 Utility).
The CFG24 utility is called at boot time on the terminal or it can be called from the main menu by the "S24 Configuration" Option [F3].
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx WireLess Studio Vx.x ==================== [F1] = CONNECT [F2] = WS Config. [F3] = S24 Config. |
Press [FUNC] [3] to modify the Terminal Network Parameters. The access password is "307".
See CFG24 Utility.
These parameters are configured through the WS configuration menu.
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx WireLess Studio Vx.x ==================== [F1] = CONNECT [F2] = WS Config. [F3] = S24 Config. |
Press [FUNC] [2] to configure the WireLess Studio Server IP address or "Wizard Id". The access password is "234".
Select the IP Address of the server or give the "Server Connection Wizard Id" ("?" by default). (See Server Connection Wizard).
==================== = Configuration = ==================== Host IP Address ?................. Port : 2001 [F1] = Cancel |
Input the WSServer Host IP Address or the Wizard Id, then [ENTER].
Confirm or modify the Port (2001 by default).
Select the language of the messages on the client.
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx WireLess Studio Vx.x ==================== [F1] = US [F2] = FR [F3] = SP |
Press [FUNC] [1] for English.
Press [FUNC] [2] for French.
Press [FUNC] [3] for Spanish.
If the Administrator is on the same computer as the WireLess Studio Server you can connect by selecting "localhost" on the server list. (See Administrator's Guide / Administrator / Connecting).
If the Administrator is on a different computer than the WireLess Studio
Server, check if the TCP/IP protocol is available and if the Host that runs the
server can be reached from the PC.
See
"Network Configuration / Windows 2000".
Input the computer name or the IP address of the host that runs the WireLess
Studio Server, then click on "connect" button. (See Administrator's
Guide / Administrator / Connecting)
The server connection Wizard has two functions:
The DOS-based terminals have no DNS features to resolve network names into
IP addresses, so it is necessary to input the server's IP address on the terminal. The "Server Connection Wizard" is a task in the server that
supplies to the client the names and addresses of the available WireLess Studio servers
on the
network.
There are three ways to connect to the WS Server:
It there is more than one server running, and you wish to equilibrate the number of the clients in each server (e/g if you have 20 terminals, and 2 servers with 10 connection licenses each one), you may equilibrate the new connections to each server.
Replace the default Wizard Id ("hostname") by another Id (like "MyRfApps")
in the both servers. See 5.1.5 Wizard
Input "?" or "MyRfApps" in the terminals at the "Host
IP address" field (see DOS Client or WinCE
Client).
The terminal will find two servers with the same Id. Thus the program automatically connects to the server that has the less connections running.