Glossary

IP

Internet Protocol

The IP Protocol is one of the TCP/IP protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a network using IP addresses, and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a complex network (routing).

IP address

The IP address is the unique network-wide address of a network component in a network based on the TCP/IP protocol (e.g. in a local network (LAN) or on the Internet). The IP address has four parts (decimal numbers) separated by full stops (e.g. 192.168.2.1). The IP address comprises the network number and the computer number. Depending on the Subnet mask, one, two or three parts form the network number, the remainder form the computer number. You can find out the IP address of your PC using the ipconfig command.

IP addresses can be assigned manually (see Static IP address) or automatically (see Dynamic IP address).

On the Internet Domain names are normally used instead of the IP addresses. DNS is used to assign domain names to IP addresses.

IP pool range

The Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108's IP address pool defines a range of IP addresses that the router's DHCP Server can use to assign Dynamic IP addresses.

ISPInternet Service Provider see Internet ProviderLANLocal Area Network

A local network links network components so that they can exchange data and share resources. The physical range is restricted to a particular area (a site). As a rule the users and operators are identical. A local network can be connected to other local networks or to a wide-area network (WAN) such as the Internet.

With the Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 you can connect a wired local Ethernet network to a wireless IEEE 802.11g standard network.

Local IP addressSee Private IP addressMAC addressMedia Access Control

The MAC address is used for the globally unique identification of a Network adapters. It comprises six parts (hexadecimal numbers), e.g. 00-90-96-34-00-1A. The MAC address is assigned by the network adapter manufacturer and cannot be changed.

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