Is it enough to simply specify the IP address of Port 2 on a Dual Port cRIO to force use of that port?

[Wes_Ramm1]

First time use of dual-port ethernet controller.

Looks like I just need to specify the correct IP address and LV RT "knows" which NIC to use?  Makes sense, just double checking.

Thanks,

Wes

[Matthew-B]

Hi Wes,

A KnowledgeBase article that talks about how you can configure the ethernet ports and what you can do with them can be found here along with a white paper here. Ethernet port 1 is used for communication between the cRIO and the host computer. Ethernet port 2 can communicate with a private network, but only within the limitations mentioned within the KB. If you want to use network published shared variables, you can only use them with one port since the Shared Variable Engine must be bound to that port.

Best Regards,

[Wes_Ramm1]

Thanks, Matt. I have seen these articles. they don't really address the question but I'll Just tinker with it until I figure it out.
Its not a huge issue, I thought someone would be able to answer quickly. I guess I'll have to actually download the examples and figure it out. RTFM, I guess
🙂