Ip Addressing; Ip Addresses; Simple Overview - 3Com SuperStack 3 3812 Implementation Manual

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IP Addresses

Simple Overview

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DDRESSING
This chapter provides some background detail on the IP information that
needs to be assigned to your Switch to enable you to manage it across a
network. The topics covered are:
IP Addresses
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Subnets and Subnet Masks
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Default Gateways
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IP addressing is a vast topic and there are white papers on the World
Wide Web and publications available if you wish to learn more about IP
addressing.
This IP address section is divided into two parts:
Simple Overview
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Advanced Overview
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addresses and the way they are structured.
To operate correctly, each device on your network must have a unique IP
address. IP addresses have the format n.n.n.n where n is a decimal
number between 0 and 255. An example IP address is '192.168.100.8'.
The IP address can be split into two parts:
The first part, called the network part, ('192.168' in the example)
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identifies the network on which the device resides.
The second part, called the host part, ('100.8' in the example)
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identifies the device within the network.
— Gives a brief overview of what an IP address is.
— Gives a more in depth explanation of IP