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REVIEW OF ADDRESSING
As MAC addresses are often used to perform management and control functions for networking hardware, it is important to be able to identify a MAC address when it is requested or returned by network management. Since most MAC addresses are set at manufacture and cannot be altered by users, this manual does not examine MAC addressing in greater detail.
1.10.2IP Addresses
Each network interface or TCP/IP host is identified by a
Once a Network ID has been assigned, the Network Manager assigns individual Host IDs by configuring different values (within the allowable ranges) for the octets not set by the IANA. This allows individual hosts on the network to be identified by distinct numerical addresses.
There are three classes of IP addresses which define the Network and Host ID numbering scheme. Tables
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