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Chapter 7 LAN Setup
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7.1.2 What You Need To Know About LAN
IP Address
IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Every networking device
(including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to
communicate across the network. These networking devices are also known as
hosts.
Subnet Mask
Subnet masks determine the maximum number of possible hosts on a network.
You can also use subnet masks to divide one network into multiple sub-networks.
DHCP
A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server can assign your P-660HN-
F1A an IP address, subnet mask, DNS and other routing information when it's
turned on.
RIP
RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing
information with other routers.
Multicast
Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways - Unicast (1
sender - 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender - everybody on the network).
Multicast delivers IP packets to a group of hosts on the network - not everybody
and not just 1.
IGMP
IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a network-layer protocol used to
establish membership in a Multicast group - it is not used to carry user data.
There are three versions of IGMP. IGMP version 2 and 3 are improvements over
version 1, but IGMP version 1 is still in wide use.
DNS
DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding
IP address and vice versa. The DNS server is extremely important because
without it, you must know the IP address of a networking device before you can
access it.
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Page 20: ...Table of Contents P 660HN F1A User s Guide 20...
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Page 36: ...Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator P 660HN F1A User s Guide 36...
Page 44: ...Chapter 3 Status Screens P 660HN F1A User s Guide 44...
Page 84: ...Chapter 4 Tutorials P 660HN F1A User s Guide 84 Physical Port 1 3 exclude port 4 3 Click Apply...
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Page 188: ...Chapter 9 Network Address Translation NAT P 660HN F1A User s Guide 188...
Page 210: ...Chapter 10 Firewalls P 660HN F1A User s Guide 210...
Page 236: ...Chapter 13 Certificates P 660HN F1A User s Guide 236...
Page 240: ...Chapter 14 Static Route P 660HN F1A User s Guide 240...
Page 276: ...Chapter 17 Dynamic DNS Setup P 660HN F1A User s Guide 276...
Page 288: ...Chapter 18 Remote Management P 660HN F1A User s Guide 288...
Page 344: ...Chapter 24 Troubleshooting P 660HN F1A User s Guide 344...
Page 376: ...Appendix A Setting up Your Computer s IP Address P 660HN F1A User s Guide 376...
Page 386: ...Appendix B Pop up Windows JavaScripts and Java Permissions P 660HN F1A User s Guide 386...
Page 396: ...Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting P 660HN F1A User s Guide 396...
Page 420: ...Appendix F Legal Information P 660HN F1A User s Guide 420...
Page 430: ...Index P 660HN F1A User s Guide 430...