User's Manual

Wireless LAN Access Point User’s Guide
10
TCP/IP Addressing
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) has become the
standard for network data transmission. The Wireless LAN Access Point uses
TCP/IP addressing to communicate between both wired and wireless clients.
If you are installing the Wireless LAN Access Point into a wired LAN, you must
obtain a static IP address and a subnet mask for the Access Point from the wired
network administrator. See Configuring the Wireless LAN Settings.
If you don’t have a network administrator, you will have to select an IP address
from one of the available blocks of addresses.
Selecting an IP Address
An IP address consists of four components. Each component can contain up to
256 numbers (0 to 255). Thus, you can select a unique address from a range of
addresses (0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255) to identify a device within a network.
Not all addresses are available for private networks. Only the addresses in the
following three blocks are available:
10. 0 . 0. 0 — 10.255.255.255
172. 16. 0. 0 — 172. 31.255.255
192.168. 0. 0 — 192.168.255.255
Define your network by determining the number of addresses you will need
(allow for expansion).
For more information on IP
addresses, see the Network
Working Group Specification
RFC 1918 on the Internet.
For correct IP address
information for your wireless
LAN installation, contact your
network administrator.