This old version TestQC LiveUSB (version 1 to 29) using a staticIP configuration so it can communicate with the server during data logging. Each LiveUSB has a unique IP address that can be configure manually using standard text file netconfig place on the root of the LiveUSB flashdisk.
At that time, the availability of modern network devices was still very few, let alone mikrotik, even a DHCP server sounded strange to the network administrator. So, in general, at that time, testqc was run isolated, on a small network scale using a static ip between the testqc server and the device being tested.
Here is some example what inside the netconfig file that can be customized :
# Define network ip for client and server here
#
# This config file will determine the ip for server testqc and
# each client usb flash testqc.
# Please make sure you don't have 2 client ip number online at
# the same time.
# The folder name is the share folder name on server that will
# be use to store the logged data
#
# $Id: netconfig,v 1.112 2008/12/06 15:03:07 jfdesign Exp $
#
# Syntax :
# client=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# folder=xxxxx
#
client=10.10.13.22
server=10.10.13.7
folder=testqc
gateway=10.10.13.1
Set the client ip address to a unique ip address inside the network subnet, and please make sure it doesn’t collission with other testqc client.
Set the server ip address with the server ip address (Ask your network administrator for details)
Set the folder name exactly the same as the public share folder on server, and be careful that this is case sensitive format.
Set the gateway ip address with the gateway ip address (Ask the network administrator for details). This gateway setting is important, 90% of the problem that the testqc cannot do a network test or data logging caused by this.
Outdated network configuration
This model’s static ip configuration setting is deprecated and have not been use since version 30. The new testqc version uses the common dhcp IP that normally used on the modern network topology.