Gigaset A580 IP User Manual page 182

IP (Internet Protocol)
TCP/IP protocol on the Internet. IP is responsible for addressing subscribers in
a Network
ient. IP determines the paths (routing) along which the data packets travel.
A unique address for a network component within a network based on the TCP/
IP address
IP protocols (e.g. LAN, Internet). On the Internet, domain names are usually
assigned instead of IP addresses.
the domain name.
The IP address consists of four three-digit decimal numbers separated from one
another by full stops (e.g. 223.94.233.2). The first decimal number can be
between 1 and 126 and between 128 and 223, the second and third between
0 and 255, and the fourth between 1 and 254.
The IP address is made up of the network number and the number of the
work subscribers
two or three parts make up the network number and the rest of the IP address
addresses the network component. The network number of all the components
in any one network must be identical.
IP addresses can be assigned automatically with DHCP (dynamic IP addresses)
or manually (static IP addresses).
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DHCP.
IP pool range
Range of IP addresses that the DHCP server can use to assign dynamic IP
addresses.
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LAN
Local Area Network
Network with a restricted physical range. A LAN can be wireless (WLAN) and/or
wired.
Local IP address
The local or private IP address is the address for a network component in the
local network (LAN). The network operator can assign any address he or she
wants. Devices that act as a link from a local network to the Internet (gateway
or router) have a public and a private IP address.
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IP address.
Local SIP Port
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SIP port/local SIP
using IP addresses
(e.g. phone). Depending on the
port.
and transfers data from the sender to the recip-
DNS assigns the corresponding IP address to
Subnet
Glossary
Net-
mask, the first one,
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