Asante Technologies 3624/48 user manual System Network management

9.2.2 System Network management.

This page allows the setting of static IP information. The switch can also be set to receive an address automatically from a DHCP server. The switch ships with the default IP address 192.168.0.1.

Click the “Save Settings” button when done.

The Internet Protocol (IP) is a packet-based protocol used to exchange data over computer networks. All other IP protocols are built on the foundation. IP is a network-layer protocol that contains addressing and control information that allows data packets to be routed.

This section describes how to configure the Internet Protocol (IP). A number of tasks are associated with configuring IP. A basic and required task for configuring IP is to assign IP addresses to network interfaces. Doing so enables the interfaces and allows communication with hosts on those interfaces using IP. Associated with this task are decisions about subnetting and masking the IP addresses.

An IP address is a location to and from which IP datagrams can be sent. IP addresses were traditionally divided into three classes. The Class A Internet address format allocated the highest eight bits to the network field and set the highest-order bit to 0 (zero). The remaining 24 bits formed the host field. The Class B Internet address allocated the highest 16 bits to the network field and set the two highest-order bits to 1, 0. The remaining 16 bits formed the host field. The Class C Internet address allocated the highest 24 bits to the network field and set the three highest-order bits to 1,1,0. The remaining eight bits formed the host field.

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