SECTION 4 " Configuration

The host number is “h.h.” This Class B network address is reserved by the numbering authority for a company’s internal use. If the Class B address appears on the Internet, routers drop the data.

Note the following:

"If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and DHCP is set to “Enabled, if IP address is zero,” this IP address is obtained through DHCP.

"If DHCP is set to Enabled, DHCP is used to obtain the IP address.

"If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and DHCP is disabled, TCP/IP access to this access point is disabled.

A discussion of DHCP starts on page 4-19.

IP Subnet Mask

IP subnets partition traffic and are connected by routers. The subnet mask indicates how many bits of the IP address represent a network number and how many indicate a host number. The prompt is:

Range is:

4 nums 0..255

The default is 255.255.255.0. Following are suggestions for setting the subnet mask:

"If you are installing this access point on an existing Ethernet segment, the subnet mask should match the other computers on the segment.

"If you are using the 172.16.h.h address suggested for IP Address, you may want to use a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0. This mask provides the network 172.16 with 30 subnets of 2046 computers each.

The IP address breakdown is:

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