How Does A Device Obtain An Ip Address And Subnet Mask; Dhcp Addressing; Static Addressing - 3Com OfficeConnect 3CRWDR200A-75 User Manual

How does a Device
Obtain an IP
Address and
Subnet Mask?

DHCP Addressing

Static Addressing

How does a Device Obtain an IP Address and Subnet Mask?

Part two ('.100.8') identifies the device within the network.
This type of IP Address operates on a subnet mask of '255.255.0.0'.
See Table 4 for an example about how a network (only four computers
represented) and a Router might be configured.
Table 4 IP Addressing and Subnet Masking
Device IP Address
PC 1 192.168.100.8
PC 2 192.168.201.30
PC 3 192.168.113.155
PC 4 192.168.002.230
Router 192.168.002.72
There are three different ways to obtain an IP address and the subnet
mask. These are:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Addressing
Static Addressing
Automatic Addressing (Auto-IP Addressing)
The Router contains a DHCP server, which allows computers on your
network to obtain an IP address and subnet mask automatically. DHCP
assigns a temporary IP address and subnet mask which gets reallocated
once you disconnect from the network.
DHCP will work on any client Operating System such as Windows
Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0. Also, using DHCP means that the
same IP address and subnet mask will never be duplicated for devices
on the network. DHCP is particularly useful for networks with large
numbers of users on them.
You must enter an IP Address and the subnet mask manually on every
device. Using a static IP and subnet mask means the address is
permanently fixed.
Subnet Mask
255.255.0.0
255.255.0.0
255.255.0.0
255.255.0.0
255.255.0.0
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