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Power Outages .............................................................. A-3
Technical Support .......................................................... A-4
How to reach us .................................................. A-4
Appendix B - Understanding IP Addressing ..............................B-1
What is IP?.................................................................... B-1
About IP Addressing ....................................................... B-1
Subnets and subnet masks .................................. B-2
Example: Using subnets on a Class C IP internet ... B-3
Example: Working with a Class C subnet................ B-5
Distributing IP Addresses ............................................... B-5
Technical note on subnet masking ........................ B-6
Configuration ....................................................... B-7
Manually distributing IP addresses ........................ B-8
Using address serving.......................................... B-8
Tips and rules for distributing IP addresses ........... B-9
Nested IP Subnets ....................................................... B-11
Broadcasts.................................................................. B-13
Packet header types .......................................... B-13
Appendix C - Binary Conversion Table......................................C-1
Appendix D - Further Reading .................................................D-1
Appendix E - Technical Specifications and Safety Information... E-1
Description.................................................................... E-1
Power requirements ............................................. E-1
Environment ........................................................ E-1
Software and protocols ........................................ E-1
Agency Approvals........................................................... E-2
Regulatory notices ............................................... E-2
Important Safety instructions ............................... E-5
Netopia 4741 Specifications .......................................... E-6
Physical interface ................................................ E-6
Data features ...................................................... E-6
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