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Part III: Appendixes Appendix A — Troubleshooting.................................................. A-1
Configuration Problems.................................................. A-1
Console connection problems............................... A-2
Network problems................................................ A-2
How to Reset the Netopia 4753 to Factory Defaults......... A-3
Power Outages.............................................................. A-3
Technical Support.......................................................... A-4
How to reach us .................................................. A-4
Appendix B — Understanding IP Addressing ..............................B-1
What is IP?.................................................................... B-1
About IP Addressing....................................................... B-1
Subnets and subnet masks.................................. B-2
Example: Using subnets on a Class C IP internet ... B-3
Example: Working with a Class C subnet................ B-5
Distributing IP Addresses ............................................... B-5
Technical note on subnet masking........................ B-6
Configuration....................................................... B-7
Manually distributing IP addresses........................ B-8
Using address serving.......................................... B-8
Tips and rules for distributing IP addresses ........... B-9
Nested IP Subnets....................................................... B-11
Broadcasts.................................................................. B-13
Packet header types .......................................... B-13
Appendix C — Binary Conversion Table......................................C-1
Appendix D — Further Reading ................................................. D-1
Appendix E — Technical Specifications and Safety Information... E-1
Description.................................................................... E-1
Power requirements............................................. E-1
Environment........................................................ E-1
Software and protocols ........................................ E-1