Intermec 6710 - Manual (Page 83)

SECTION 4
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Configuration
6710 Access Point User’s Guide 4-17
The host number is “h.h.” This Class B network
address is reserved by the numbering authority for a
company’s internal use. If the Class B address
appears on the Internet, routers drop the data.
Note the following:
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If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and DHCP is set to
“Enabled, if IP address is zero,” this IP address is
obtained through DHCP.
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If DHCP is set to Enabled, DHCP is used to obtain the
IP address.
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If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and DHCP is disabled,
TCP/IP access to this access point is disabled.
A discussion of DHCP starts on page 4-19.
IP Subnet Mask
IP subnets partition traffic and are connected by routers.
The subnet mask indicates how many bits of the IP address
represent a network number and how many indicate a host
number. The prompt is:
Range is:
4 nums 0..255
The default is 255.255.255.0. Following are suggestions for
setting the subnet mask:
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If you are installing this access point on an existing
Ethernet segment, the subnet mask should match the
other computers on the segment.
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If you are using the 172.16.h.h address suggested for
IP Address, you may want to use a subnet mask of
255.255.248.0. This mask provides the network
172.16 with 30 subnets of 2046 computers each.
The IP address breakdown is: