Asante Technologies IC36240 user manual General Information Screen, Assign IP Addresses to Switch

Use this screen to view statistics about all the ports on the switch. The following example shows the Front Panel information screen.

Click on a specific port number hyperlink to go to the Port Configuration and Port Statistics Information screen. Refer to section 9.3.1 for information on the Port Configuration and Port Statistics screen.

9.2.2 General Information Screen

From the general information screen you can view the system version and the system clock. You can also view and modify, bank information, administrative information, system information, switch address, bootstrap information, system clock. The switch ships with the default IP address 192.168.0.1/24.

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.

9.2.3 Assign IP Addresses to Switch

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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