Table of Contents

Preface contents

Document change log

About this document

Related documentation

NiagaraAX introduction

NiagaraAX architecture

Types of NiagaraAX programs

Types of NiagaraAX protocols

Types of NiagaraAX platforms

NiagaraAX and networking - About IP addressing

Private IP addresses

Network address translation (NAT)

IP routing and default gateway

Routing example

Static and dynamic IP addressing in NiagaraAX

NiagaraAX and DHCP

About the HOSTS file

About DNS

Domain names

Name Servers

NiagaraAX and DNS

About WINS

About DDNS

About the NiagaraAX network

About non-NiagaraAX networks

Protocols

Types of NiagaraAX hosts

QNX-based NiagaraAX hosts

Win32-based NiagaraAX hosts

NiagaraAX host networking technologies

NiagaraAX network examples

NiagaraAX single-site network application

NiagaraAX multi-site network application

Managing NiagaraAX hosts

AXSupervisor

NiagaraAX platform

Other host administration tools

NiagaraAX backups

NiagaraAX hosts and network communication

NiagaraAX security

NiagaraAX and Niagara R2 security comparison

NiagaraAX security considerations

General Security Guidelines

Guidelines for QNX-based NiagaraAX hosts

Guidelines for Win32-based NiagaraAX hosts

Creating a strong password

Firewalls and proxy servers

About virtual private networks

Example NiagaraAX VPN network

About NiagaraAX ports

Network traffic considerations

NiagaraAX network communications considerations

Types of browser communications

About the wbapplet

Workbench-to-station communications

Station-to-station communications

Fox service

Network tuning policies

Network polling policies

Common control properties

History policies

History import and export

Schedule import and export

Types of alarm service communication controls

Time sync service

Email service

Platform connection communications