Subnet Mask - Ricoh Aficio SP C210SF Network User's Manual

Configuring your network printer

Subnet mask

Subnet masks restrict network communication.
Example: PC1 can talk to PC2
PC1 IP Address:192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask:
PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask:
In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with
192.168.1.X
For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP address on page
A-1, Using BOOTP to configure the IP address on page A-2 and Using RARP to configure the IP address on
page A-2.
If you do not have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will
automatically assign an IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. For more information on
APIPA, see Using APIPA to configure the IP address on page A-3.
If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can
easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network. For information
on how to change the IP address, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask on page 2-3.
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
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