Mā ngā tūmau taputapu NPort IA ka taea te hono atu i ngā raupapa ki ngā Ethernet, ā, he ngāwari, he pono hoki mō ngā tono aunoatanga ahumahi. Ka taea e ngā tūmau taputapu te hono i tētahi taputapu raupapa ki tētahi whatunga Ethernet, ā, hei whakarite i te hototahitanga ki ngā pūmanawa whatunga, ka tautokohia e rātou ngā momo aratau whakahaere tauranga, tae atu ki te Tūmau TCP, te Kiritaki TCP, me te UDP. Nā te pono o ngā tūmau taputapu NPortIA, he mea pai rawa atu ēnei mō te whakatū urunga whatunga ki ngā taputapu raupapa RS-232/422/485 pērā i ngā PLC, ngā pūoko, ngā mita, ngā motuka, ngā puku, ngā kaipānui waehere pae, me ngā whakaaturanga kaiwhakahaere. Kei roto i tētahi whare kiato, pakari hoki ngā tauira katoa ka taea te whakairi ki te DIN-rail.
E rua ngā tauranga Ethernet o ia tūmau taputapu NPort IA5150 me IA5250 ka taea te whakamahi hei tauranga pana Ethernet. Ka hono tika tetahi tauranga ki te whatunga, ki te tūmau rānei, ā, ka taea te hono atu tetahi atu tauranga ki tētahi atu tūmau taputapu NPort IA, ki tētahi taputapu Ethernet rānei. Ka āwhina ngā tauranga Ethernet takirua ki te whakaiti i ngā utu waea mā te whakakore i te hiahia ki te hono i ia taputapu ki tētahi pana Ethernet motuhake.