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Chapter
11
Communicating with Devices on an Ethernet
Network
Using This Chapter
Media and Cabling
Ethernet is a local area network that provides communication between various
devices at 10 Mbps. The physical communication media you use can be any
standard 802.3 media, including:
• thick-wire coaxial cable (10Base5)
• thin-wire coaxial cable (10Base2)
• twisted pair (10Base-T)
• fiber optic
• broadband
The Ethernet port (channel 2) connects to either a thin-wire, thick-wire, or
twisted-pair network via a 15-pin transceiver or Medium Access Unit (MAU)
connection. See Appendix G for detailed information about Ethernet cable
connections.
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Media and cabling 11-1
Assigning your IP address 11-2
Network addressing 11-2
Configuring channel 2 for Ethernet communication 11-2
Using advanced Ethernet functions 11-9
Using domain name service 11-15
Using the embedded web server 11-16
Using multihop messaging 11-29
Communicating with ControlLogix devices 11-32
Interpreting error codes 11-33
Interpreting Ethernet status data 11-34
Ethernet PLC-5 performance considerations 11-37
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