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Glossary
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Internet telephony
Transmission of voice via the
).
IP
is one of the
protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
network using
and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
IP address
The IP address is the unique network-wide address of a network component in a net-
work based on the
protocols (e.g. in a local area network (
) or on the
). The IP address has four parts (each with up to three-position digit sequences) sep-
arated by full stops (e.g. 192.168.1.1). The IP address comprises the network number
and the computer number. Depending on the
, one, two or three parts
form the network number; the remainder form the computer number. You can find out
the IP address of your PC using the
ipconfig
command.
IP addresses can be assigned manually (see
) or automatically (see
).
On the Internet
are normally used instead of the IP addresses. The
is used to assign domain names to IP addresses.
The Gigaset SX761 dsl has a
IPoA
IP over ATM
IP pool range
The Gigaset SX761 dsl's IP address pool defines a range of
that the router's
can use to assign
.
ISP
(Internet Service Provider)
LAN
Local network
A local area network (or local network) links network components so that they can
exchange data and share resources. The physical range is restricted to a particular area
(a site). As a rule the users and operators are identical. A local network can be connected
to other local networks or to a wide-area network (
) such as the
With the Gigaset SX761 dsl you can set up a wired local
network.
Local IP address
See
