Determining Whether Devices Are On The Same Subnet - Extron electronics DMS 1600 User Manual

Determining Whether Devices are on the Same Subnet

To determine the subnet, the IP address of the local device is compared to the IP address
of the remote device (see figure 70). The octets of each address are compared or not
compared, depending on the value in the related subnet mask octet.
•
If a subnet mask octet contains the value 255, the related octets of the IP addresses of
the local device and the remote device are unmasked.
Unmasked octets are compared (indicated by
• If the subnet mask octet contains the value 0, the related octets of the IP addresses of
the local device and remote device are masked.
Masked octets are not compared (indicated by
If the unmasked octets of the two IP addresses match (indicated by
the two addresses are on the same subnet.
If the two unmasked fields do not match (indicated by
example 3), the addresses are not on the same subnet.
Local IP Address:
Subnet Mask:
Remote IP Address:
Figure 70.
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Example 1
192.168.254.254
255.255.0.0 (?.?.X.X)
192.168.2.25
=.=.X.X Match
Match?: —
(Same subnet)
Comparing the IP Addresses of the Local and Remote Devices
DMS 1600 and DMS 3600 • Ethernet Connection
?
in figure 70).
X
in figure 70).
= in figure 70, example 1),
≠
in figure 70, example 2 and
Example 2 Example 3
192.168.254.254 192.168.254.254
255.255.0.0 (?.?.X.X) 255.255.0.0 (?.?.X.X)
190.190.2.25 192.190.2.25
≠.≠.X.X No match =.≠.X.X
—
(Different subnet) (Different
No match
—
subnet)
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