Network - Planet ICA-601 User Manual

3.5 Network

Use this menu to configure the network to connect the device and the clients.
3.5.1 Network
This section provides the menu of connecting the device through Ethernet cable.
Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user cannot
MAC Address
change it.
Obtain an IP DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Enable this
checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP
address
automatically address assignment. With this setting, the IP address is assigned
(DHCP) automatically. If this device cannot get an IP address within limited tries, the
device will assign a default IP address, 192.168.0.20, by itself as the default
IP address.
IP address, If you do not select Obtain an IP address automatically, then you need to
Subnet mask, enter these network parameters by yourself.
Gateway, 1st DNS,
2nd DNS server
IP Address This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on
the WAN or LAN. These numbers are usually shown in groups separated by
periods, for example: 192.168.0.200
Subnet Mask Subnets allow network traffic between hosts to be separated based on the
network's configuration. In IP networking, traffic takes the form of packets.
IP subnets advance network security and performance to some level by
organizing hosts into logical groups. Subnet masks contain four bytes and
usually appear in the same "dotted decimal" data. For example, a very
common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111
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