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disabled. IP addresses for disabled clients are
ignored during actual operation.
Contact your network administrator for the required
entries in the TCP/IP Configuration table. If needed,
refer to the Microsoft Windows NT System Guide for
additional information for selecting and entering the
TCP/IP configuration values.
To edit the TCP/IP Configuration screen, follow the
steps below:
a Select the client to configure in the Adapter list
box at the top of the screen.
You can configure the clients in any order you
wish; however, the recommended procedure is to
work Client 0 first.
b Enter the IP Address.
This is the Internet address for your host
machine. It is a unique 32-bit address that
identifies the network and your specific machine
on that network. The format is dotted decimal
notation in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where xxx is
in the range from 0 to 255.
c Enter the Subnet Mask.
The mask is used to partition the IP address into
two parts: a network side and a host side. The left
side of the address, or most significant address
bits, is shared among all hosts attached to the
same physical network segment. The least
significant bits are unique for each host
belonging to that segment.
The appropriate subnet mask depends upon the
IP address assigned to your facility and the
number of different networks desired. For
example, if a Class B address of 123.1.0.0 is
assigned to your company, and no more than
255 hosts will be assigned to any physical
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