TCP/IP Host fields

The top of the TCP/IP Configuration view provides the platform’s TCP/IP host settings.

Figure 98. Hosts fields on platform TCP/IP Configuration view

These available host fields are as follows:

Host Name

Synonymous with “computer name,” this is a string that can be processed by a DNS server to resolve to an IP address. By default, hostname for any QNX-based platform is “localhost”.
On Win32 systems, this is also the computer name. Be aware that changing it will have important consequences with regards to the computer’s identification in its workgroup or domain!

If using hostnames in your network, you should assign each Niagara platform a unique hostname.
Hosts File

The hosts file is a standard TCP/IP hosts file, where each line associates a specific IP address with a known hostname. To review and edit, you click on the expand control to see all entries.
- To add an entry, click at the end of the last line and press Enter.
  
  Then type the IP address, at least one space, then the known hostname.
- To delete an entry, drag to highlight the entire line, then press Backspace.
Click the expand control again to collapse the Hosts File editor.
Use IPv6

Default is No (unchecked). If set to Yes (checked), NiagaraAX (platform daemon and station) respond to IPv6 requests, that is, creates IPv6 server sockets (daemon) and IPv6 fox multicast sockets.This property is applicable only to the following hosts:
- AX-3.6 and later “Hotspot JACE”, that is JACE-7 (JACE-700) and JACE-6 and JACE-602 Express running AX-3.6 or later. See IPv6 support for background details.
- AX-3.4 and later Windows-based hosts, providing that the host platform has the Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 protocol installed.
- AX-3.4 and later Linux-based Supervisor.