Chapter 14 Ip Screen; Overview; What You Can Do In The Ip Screen; What You Need To Know About Ip - ZyXEL Communications NWA-3166 User Manual

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14.1 Overview

The Internet Protocol (IP) address identifies a device on a network. Every
networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an
IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices are also
known as hosts.
Figure 95 IP Setup
The figure above illustrates one possible setup of your NWA. The gateway IP
address is 192.168.1.1 and the IP address of the NWA is 192.168.1.2 (default).
The gateway and the device must belong in the same subnet mask to be able to
communicate with each other.

14.1.1 What You Can Do in the IP Screen

Use the IP Screen (see
your NWA.

14.1.2 What You Need To Know About IP

The Ethernet parameters of the NWA are preset with the following values:
• IP address of 192.168.1.2
• Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (24 bits)
These parameters should work for the majority of installations.
NWA-3166 User's Guide
Section 14.2 on page 156) to configure the IP address of
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