If a wireless network is configured and connected in the JACE’s platform WiFi Configuration view (or equivalent view in its station’s Config > Services > PlatformService > WiFiPlatformService), you can enable its TCP/IP interface and enter IP settings to enable access on that WLAN.
Enable and configure TCP/IP settings for the WiFi interface
Perform the following steps with the JACE installed at the job site, with an opened platform connection.
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Double-click
TCP/IP Configuration to open the platform TCP/IP Configuration view.
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Under Interfaces, click the Interface 3
control to expand the available properties.
Interface properties are shown at the top above an IPv4 Settings tab, and include the following read only properties (showing example values of the WiFi adapter option for the JACE 7):
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ID — bc0
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Description — Broadcom Wi-Fi Ethernet Adapter bc0
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Physical Address — the MAC address for the WiFi adapter, for example
00:21:86:45:49:99
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Click the Adapter Enabled checkbox to set it Enabled, and in the IPv4 Settings tab enter the appropriate IP address information for the JACE on this WLAN. Example entries are shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Example Interface 3 (WiFi Adapter) TCP/IP settings for a JACE-700 in TCP/IP Configuration view
Typically you enter a (unused) static IP address and appropriate subnet mask, as shown above.
This must be a different IP network (subnet) than the currently used LAN1 (Interface 1, en0) or if enabled, LAN2 (Interface
2, en1) port. For related details, see Operation notes for a WiFi JACE.
As an alternative to a static IP address, you could select to enable DHCP. However, as always if configuring for DHCP it is recommended that you reserve a specific, fixed IP address for this JACE host in the network’s DHCP server/router configuration, noting the MAC address of this adapter as shown above.
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Click the
button to save the platform configuration.
A popup Reboot dialog appears for the JACE, as shown in Figure 4 below.
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Click to reboot the JACE.
A popup Rebooting dialog appears, and the opened platform connection (as well as any station connection) to the JACE is dropped.
After a minute or so you should be able to re-establish a platform connection, and a minute or so after that, a station connection. The JACE should also be available on the newly added WLAN, via its installed wireless adapter.
For more details on the platform TCP/IP Configuration view, see “TCP/IP Configuration” in the Platform Guide.
