Networking Terms; Local Area Network (Lan); Network Switch; Router - Keysight P Series Installation Manual

Networking Terms

The definitions below will help you become familiar with their usage in
Remote Interface Configuration"

Local Area Network (LAN)

A LAN is a network of devices connected to each other using LAN cables and
network switches.

Network switch

A network switch is used to connect several devices together to form a LAN. It has
several LAN ports that LAN cables can be connected to.

Router

A router can be used to transfer messages between two (or more) networks.
Routers are often used to connect a private network to a larger network
example, a company network, or the internet)

Internet Protocol address (IP address)

An IP address is a unique number assigned to the device which is used to send or
receive data to and from other devices.
The most common IP Address are IP version 4. These addresses are usually written
as 4 numbers (from 1 to 255) seperated by periods. 192.168.1.1, 169.254.12.34
and 141.121 .84.241 are all IP addresses.
A device's IP address can be assigned to it manually (See
assigned to it by another computer (See
(DHCP)) or can be self-determined
Keysight N8262A Installation Guide
on page 51.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(SeeAuto-IP )
Getting Started
"Step 4.
(for
Static IP address),
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