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Appendix C: Overview of IP Routing

Domain Name System (DNS)

This is the system used on the Internet to match computer/host names to IP addresses. Each host on the Internet has an IP address, rather than having to remember these IP addresses we use names like www.sat.dundee.ac.uk to refer to a specific host. We then send these names to a Domain Name Server which converts the name to an IP address which the computers then use to pass data between them.

If you wish to connect to the Internet you will need to know the IP address of the DNS server.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

In days of old, IP addresses were allocated to each computer/host/machine by administrators and details recorded on paper. A protocol called Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) can now do this automatically. When a computer is switched on it sends out a broadcast on the LAN asking for an IP address, a DHCP server will reply and allocate the machine a valid address, thus simplifying the allocation process.

Addresses can be permanently allocated in this manner or leased for a specified amount of time e.g. 3 days. A Windows NT computer can act as a very good and complex DHCP server, the IPNC can act as a simple DHCP server. A major benefit of a DHCP server is that if a PC is set for “Obtain IP address automatically” then it can be plugged into any LAN, switched on and it will automatically be correctly configured without any messing. There should only be one DHCP server on any LAN.

When started (with the default configuration) the IPNC can get its IP address from a DHCP server. If it gets no response to a request for an address, it takes the address 192.168.42.1 and becomes a DHCP server.

By default it has 200 addresses and can thus allocate 192.168.42.2, 3, 4…198, 199, and 200. If you wish to give static addresses to other computers start at 201.

If you wish the IPNC to have an address other than 192.168.42.1 but don’t have a DHCP server on your LAN, you need to establish communications with it by having a PC configured with a specified IP address, e.g. 192.168.42.201 and use that to configure the IPNC with the real IP address you wish it to have.

It is also possible to arrange for one of the existing PC’s to see network 192.168.42.0 by adding a route to it's table. Open MS-DOS prompt, enter “route” or “route print” or “route add”.

Note: When allocating IP addresses to Dial In users the IPNC will always use the 10M DHCP pool in preference to the 100M pool. To use the 100M pool disable the 10M DHCP server.

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