Site Search:

“Cannot allocate socket” Error when Attempting to Set a Static IP Address

FacebooktwitterredditlinkedinmailFacebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail

It has come to our attention that many Windows 7 and 8 users are having difficulty assigning static IP addresses to their DI-710, DI-718B and DI-718Bx Ethernet instruments. When choosing ‘Set Static’ from the DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager pull-down menu, they receive a “Cannot allocate socket” error. The error is the result of security measures built into Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32 or 64-bit).

CannotAllocate

 

Fortunately, there is a work around. Before setting a static IP address, right-click on the DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager shortcut and choose ‘Run As Administrator’.

RunAsAdmin

 

Running the DATAQ Instruments Hardware Manager as an administrator should allow you to assign a static IP address. When successful, the Hardware Manager will indicate that the device is resetting. Shortly thereafter, the device will appear in the Hardware Manager with the new IP address and a status of ‘Available’.

Reset

 

Note that you’ll need to repeat this procedure each time you wish to change the static IP address. Apart from ‘Static IP’, all other features function normally under Windows 7 or 8, without running the Hardware Manager in this manner.

 

Follow Us
FacebooktwitterlinkedinyoutubeFacebooktwitterlinkedinyoutube

 Categories: Data Acquisition, Ethernet

 Tags: , ,

 Bookmark the permalink

 RSS Feed (comments for this post)

 Post a comment

 Trackback URL

Post a Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.