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Glossary
DNS - Gateway IP Address
Dynamic addressing simplifies network administration because the
software keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an
administrator to manage the task. This means that a new computer can
be added to a network without manually assigning it a unique IP address.
DHCP client support is built into Windows 98 and NT workstations.
DNS
Short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that
translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are
alphabetic, they are easier to remember. The Internet, however, is really
based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a
DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address.
For example, the domain name
www.example.com might translate to
198.105.232.4. The DNS system is a distributed system. If one DNS
server does not know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks
another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.
E Ethernet (MAC) Address
The Media Access Control Address, also known as the link-level
address, the Ethernet (station) Address, the LANIC ID and Hardware
Address. This is a unique 48-bit address assigned by the manufacturer
for each Ethernet device. It is usually displayed as 12 hexadecimal
characters, sometimes with colon or dash separators between every
two characters, such as "00:03:d3:00:00:17" or "00-03-d3-00-00-17".
G gateway
Hardware that permits a network connection between the LAN that your
computer understands and the instrument specific interface that your
device understands.
Gateway IP Address
This parameter is the IP Address of the default subnet gateway that
allows an instrument to communicate with systems that are not on the
local subnet. Thus, this is the default subnet gateway where packets are
sent that are destined for a device not on the local subnet, as determined
by the subnet mask setting. Only one default subnet gateway can be
configured. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that no subnetting is to be done.