1.
Introduction
Guides to add a route to communicate with a drive through
another device.
2. How to add a static
IP route to communicate with a drive through another device.
Example: The PC is connected to the Beckhoff PLC and the drives are
connected to the Beckhoff PLC as shown in the below image.
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Assumptions:
IP settings of drives:
Drive 1:
IP address: 192.168.1.1
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Drive 2:
IP address: 192.168.1.2
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Drive 3:
IP address: 192.168.1.3
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
IP settings of the device (in this case Beckhoff PLC): IP address:
192.168.0.12
Step 1:
Ping to the device
and make sure that it is able to communicate with PC.
Step 2:
Run command prompt
with admin rights
Step 3:
Add route as
described below:
Since IP address of the drives are 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3, So add route to 192.168.1.0 so that it will be possible to communicate to all three drive.
Format of the command:
route add destination
mask subnetmask gateway metric costmetric if interface
|
Field |
Compulsory/Optional |
Description |
|
destination |
Compulsory |
Specifies either
an IP address or host name for the network or host. |
|
subnetmask |
Compulsory |
Specifies a subnet mask
to be associated with this route
entry. If subnetmask is not specified, 255.255.255.255 is used. |
|
gateway |
Compulsory |
Specifies either
an IP address or host name for the gateway or router to use when forwarding. |
|
costmetric |
Optional |
Assigns
an integer cost metric (ranging from 1 through 9,999) to be used in
calculating the fastest, most reliable, and/or least expensive routes. If
costmetric is not specified, 1 is used. |
|
interface |
Optional |
Specifies the interface to be used
for the route
that uses the interface
number. If an interface is not specified, the interface to be used
for the route
is determined from
the gateway IP address. |
Note: In the above method, the added route is valid until rebooting the
PC. So to make sure the route persistent, the below method needs to be
followed:
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Execute the route add command with –p as shown in the below image
Step 4:
Check whether now the drives are able to communicate or not:
3.
How to delete added Route
Step 1:
Run command prompt
as administrator.
Step 2:
Execute route delete command in command prompt. Format of the delete
command:
route delete destination