Connect through a Hughes MNSP

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Purpose
Before you start
1. Confirm the Hughes box
2. Connect the cable
3. Check the POS connection
What success means
What Advantage support handles

Purpose

Use this guide to identify the Hughes box, connect the approved Windows computer, and check the store’s exact POS address.

Before you start

The approved Windows computer
Ethernet or a compatible USB-to-Ethernet adapter
A safely routed Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable
An unmanaged switch and second cable only when Hughes authorizes sharing
The exact Hughes model and provider-approved setup details

1. Confirm the Hughes box

Photograph the device, model label, rear ports, and connected cables before touching anything.

Representative Hughes managed network appliance — Use the model label, not the color or shape alone, to identify the Hughes appliance.

The example store used port 3, but that picture is only an example. Ask Hughes whether port 3 is provisioned for this exact model and store before connecting.

Example Hughes appliance rear panel with one numbered port highlighted — Example only: the highlighted port is not a rule for every Hughes box.

2. Connect the cable

Connect only after Hughes confirms the model and port. If the approved port is occupied, leave its cable in place and ask Hughes whether an unmanaged switch is allowed.

What connects to what

The approved Windows computer connects to the Ethernet cable, directly or through its USB-to-Ethernet adapter.
That cable connects to the exact Hughes backoffice port confirmed for this store.
If Hughes approves a switch, the confirmed port feeds the switch; the original approved device and the Windows computer connect to it.
All other POS, payment, and fuel-network cables stay where they are.

3. Check the POS connection

Choose only the POS type confirmed for this store. Do not try both.

Verifone Commander

This check applies only to a Verifone register served by Commander. Open https://192.168.31.11/ConfigClient.html or the exact store-specific ConfigClient address.

Local certificate warning for the Commander address — Proceed only when the warning names the exact local address.

Verifone Petroleum C-Store Control Center sign-in page — The Control Center page confirms reachability only.

Gilbarco Passport

Open only \\10.5.48.2 or the exact store-specific Passport address in File Explorer.

Passport network folders with XMLGateway highlighted — XMLGateway appearing confirms the share is reachable, not that onboarding or writes are ready.

If the exact address fails, stop and ask Hughes or Advantage support to confirm the store-specific facts. Do not try other addresses or reuse another site’s settings.

What success means

Seeing Control Center or XMLGateway proves only that the computer can reach the POS connection. It does not prove that the Agent is installed, that fresh data is flowing or that the Terminal is activated.

What Advantage support handles

When provider-specific Windows settings are required, authorized Advantage support applies only Hughes-issued facts. Customers are not asked to use a shell, run probes or scans, or guess network values. Support preserves the computer’s current network state, validates only the declared POS endpoint, and restores the prior state if validation fails. Support does not modify or reboot the Hughes appliance.