Billion Electric Company BiGuard 50G user manual Appendix D Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics

Appendix D: Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics

D.1 Network Basics

D.1.1 IP Addresses D.1.1.1 Netmask D.1.1.2 Subnet Addressing D.1.1.3 Private IP Addresses

D.1.2 Network Address Translation (NAT)

D.1.3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) D.2 Router Basics

D.2.1 Why use a Router? D.2.2 What is a Router?

D.2.3 Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

D.3 Firewall Basics D.3.1 What is a Firewall?

D.3.2.1 Stateful Packet Inspection D.3.2.2 Denial of Service (DoS) Attack

D.3.2 Why Use a Firewall?

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