Perle Systems PERLE P850 User Manual

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Applications

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Configuration:

The mask size entered defines the size of the subnet mask

from the start of the entire IP address. This allows subnet

sizes from 0 to 24 bits. A subnet mask size of 8 in a class

A address represents a subnet size of 0 or no subnetting

performed.

Figure 2 - 5 Defining an IP Subnet Mask

To configure the P850 routers to route between the newly created sub-

networks, the following parameters must be defined in the built-in

menu system.

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IP Address & Subnet Size

Location: Main

Ä Configuration

Ä LAN Set-up

Ä LAN IP Set-up

Ä IP Address / mask size

The IP address consists of 4 octets and is

represented by 4 fields separated by periods (“.”),

where each field is specified by a decimal number

(e.g. 199.169.1.10). Each decimal number must be

Original IP Network Address 199.169.100.0

Subnet IP Network Address
199.169.100.64

Router IP Address
199.169.100.65
Subnet Mask Size 26

Host IP Address
199.169.100.66

Host IP Address
199.169.100.67

Host IP Address
199.169.100.130

Host IP Address
199.169.100.131

Router IP Address
199.169.100.129
Subnet Mask Size 26

Subnet IP Network Address
199.169.100.128

Subnet Mask is
255.255.255.192

IP Computers

IP Computers

LAN #1

LAN #2

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