Sabar na'urorin NPort IA suna ba da haɗin kai mai sauƙi da aminci na serial-to-Ethernet don aikace-aikacen sarrafa kansa na masana'antu. Sabar na'urorin na iya haɗa kowace na'ura mai serial zuwa hanyar sadarwa ta Ethernet, kuma don tabbatar da dacewa da software na cibiyar sadarwa, suna tallafawa nau'ikan hanyoyin aiki na tashar jiragen ruwa, gami da TCP Server, TCP Client, da UDP. Ingancin sabobin na'urorin NPortIA mai ƙarfi ya sa su zama zaɓi mafi kyau don kafa hanyar sadarwa zuwa na'urorin serial RS-232/422/485 kamar PLCs, firikwensin, mita, injina, tuƙi, masu karanta barcode, da nunin mai aiki. Duk samfuran suna cikin ƙaramin gida mai ƙarfi wanda za'a iya ɗorawa a cikin DIN-rail.
Sabar na'urorin NPort IA5150 da IA5250 kowannensu yana da tashoshin Ethernet guda biyu waɗanda za a iya amfani da su azaman tashoshin canza Ethernet. Tashar jiragen ruwa ɗaya tana haɗuwa kai tsaye zuwa cibiyar sadarwa ko sabar, ɗayan kuma ana iya haɗa shi zuwa ko dai wani sabar na'urar NPort IA ko na'urar Ethernet. Tashar jiragen ruwa biyu ta Ethernet tana taimakawa rage farashin wayoyi ta hanyar kawar da buƙatar haɗa kowace na'ura zuwa maɓallin Ethernet daban.