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N ot e :
1 . DHCP serv er: Wit h DHCP ( Dynam ic Host Configur at ion Pr ot ocol) , a host can
aut om at ically be given a unique I P addr ess each t im e it connect s t o a
net w or k- - m aking I P addr ess m anagem ent an easier t ask for net w or k
adm inist r at or s. I f t he DHCP ser ver is available fr om your net w or k, you do
not need t o ent er TCP/ I P, subnet m ask, gat ew ay, and DNS infor m at ion.
I nst ead, t his inform at ion w ill be aut om at ically giv en for t he product .
2 . I P Addr ess: An I P ( I nt ernet Pr ot ocol) addr ess uniquely ident ifies a host
connect ion t o an I P net w or k. Sy st em adm inist r at or or net w or k designer
assigns t he I P addr ess. The I P address consist s of t w o par t s, one ident ifying
t he net w ork and t he one ident ifying your node. The I P address is usually
w r it t en as four num ber s separ at ed by per iods. Each num ber can be zer o t o
255. For ex am ple, 10.1.30.186 could be an I P addr ess.
3 . DNS: St ands for Dom ain Nam e Syst em . The DNS ser ver ident ifies host s via
nam es inst ead of I P addresses. I f t he DNS ser ver is available on your
net w or k, you can ent er t he dom ain nam e inst ead of digit s for t he I P
addr ess.