Ip Address Assignment; Ip Address Structure - Ruby Tech GS-2108C User Manual

2-1-5. IP Address Assignment

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 device in the network is used for internetworking
communication. Its address structure looks is shown in the Fig. 2-11. 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) and 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. And the host identifier must be unique
in the same LAN. Here the term of IP address we used is version 4, known as IPv4.
Fig. 2-10 the Login Screen for Web
32 bits
Network identifier
Fig. 2-11 IP address structure
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Publication date: April, 2008
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