Subelement C: Satellite Systems— Topic :
Question 32C4
Element 9 (GMDSS Maintainer)What condition would cause a connection failure between a technician’s laptop and an Inmarsat Fleet Broadband terminal?
Explanation
To manage an Inmarsat Fleet Broadband terminal, a technician typically connects their laptop and uses a web browser to access the terminal's embedded web interface. This interface is accessed via an IP address. If the wrong IP address is entered into the web browser, the laptop will fail to locate or connect to the terminal's web server, resulting in a connection failure between the laptop and the terminal. This is a fundamental network addressing principle.
Options B, C, and D describe issues related to the satellite data services (Asynchronous Data Service or High Speed Data service) or specific port configurations. These would prevent the terminal from making an outward connection to the satellite network or correctly routing data, but they would not prevent the technician's laptop from establishing an initial local network connection to the terminal's management interface.
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