Network - Planet ICA-530 User Manual

3.5.1 Network

Use this menu to configure the network to connect the device and the clients.
This section provides the menu of connecting the device through Ethernet cable.
MAC address: Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user cannot
change it.
Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol. Enable this checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP
address assignment. With this setting, the IP address is assigned automatically. If this device
cannot get an IP address within limited tries, the device will assign a default IP address,
192.168.0.20, by itself as the default IP address.
IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, 1st DNS, 2nd DNS server: If you do not select Obtain
an IP address automatically, then you need to enter these network parameters by yourself.
IP Address: This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on the
WAN or LAN. These numbers are usually shown in groups separated by periods, for example:
192.168.0.200
Subnet Mask: Subnets allow network traffic between hosts to be separated based on the
network's configuration. In IP networking, traffic takes the form of packets. IP subnets advance
network security and performance to some level by organizing hosts into logical groups.
Subnet masks contain four bytes and usually appear in the same "dotted decimal" data. For
example, a very common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111 11111111
00000000 will usually be shown in the corresponding, more readable form as 255.255.255.0.
Gateway: A gateway is a piece of software or hardware that passes information between
networks. You'll see this term most often when you either log in to an Internet site or when
you're transient email between different servers.
Primary DNS: When you send email or position a browser to an Internet domain such as
xxxxx.com, the domain name system translates the names into IP addresses. The term refers
to two things: the conventions for naming hosts and the way the names are control across the
Internet.
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