GS-2124C User Manual
Publication date: June, 2005
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Fig. 2-9 the Login Screen for Web
For IP address configuration, there are three parameters needed to be filled
in. They are IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS.
IP address:
The address of the network de vice in the network is used f or internetworking
communication. Its address structure looks is shown in the Fig. 2-10. It is “classful”
because it is split into predefined address classes or categories.
Each class has its own network range between the network identifier and
host identifier in the 32 bits address. Each IP address comprises two parts: network
identifier (address) a nd host identifier (address). The former indicates the network
where the addressed host resides, and the latter indicates the individual host in the
network which the address of host refers to. A nd the host identifier m ust be unique
in the same LAN. Here the term of IP address we used is version 4, known as IPv4.
Network identifier Host identifier
Fig. 2-10 IP address structure
32 bits