Understanding IP Addressing E-7
Number of Devices (other than
Netopia R3100) on Local Network
Largest Possible Ethernet Subnet
Mask
| 255.255.255.192 | |
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| 255.255.255.128 | |
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| 255.255.255.0 | |
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Configuration
This section describes the specific IP address lease, renew, and release mechanisms for both the Mac and PC, with either DHCP or MacIP address serving.
DHCP Address Serving
Windows 95 Workstation:
■The Win95 workstation requests and renews its lease every half hour.
■The Win95 workstation does NOT relinquish its DHCP address lease when the machine is shut down.
■The lease can be manually expired using the WINIPCFG program from the Win95 machine, which is a command line program executable from the DOS prompt or from the START:RUN menu.
Windows 3.1 Workstation (MSTCP Version 3.11a):
■The Win3.1 workstation requests and renews its lease every half hour.
■The Win3.1 workstation does NOT relinquish its DHCP address lease when the user exits Windows and goes to DOS.
■The lease can be manually expired by typing IPCONFIG /RELEASE from a DOS window within Windows or from the DOS prompt.</UL>
Macintosh Workstation (Open Transport Version 1.1 or later):
■The Mac workstation requests and renews its lease every half hour.
■The Mac workstation will relinquish its address upon shutdown in all but one case. If the TCP/IP control panel is set to initialize at
■If the TCP/IP control panel is set to acquire an address only when needed (therefore a TCP/IP application must have been launched to obtain a lease) the Mac WILL relinquish its lease upon shutdown every time.
Netopia R3100 DHCP Server Characteristics
■The Netopia R3100 ignores any
■The Netopia R3100 does release the DHCP address back to the available DHCP address pool precisely one hour after the last heard lease request as some other DHCP implementations may hold on to the lease for an additional time after the lease expired, to act as a buffer for variances in clocks between the client
