HP-UX LAN Administrator's Guide (Feburary 2007)

DRAFT COPY Network Addressing
Network Addresses and Node Names
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network
address
Also, network number.
The network address is the
network portion of an internet
address that represents the local
network on which a host exists.
The network address is the same
for all nodes on that network.
Refer to “Internet Addresses” in
this chapter for a definition of
Internet address classes.
If the IP address is 192.6.23.3
(Class C), and the subnet address
is 255.255.255.0, then the
network address portion is
192.6.23.
/etc/networks.
Combined with
host address in
/etc/hosts.
Routing facility.
Displayed by:
netstat -in,
netstat -rn,
and netstat
-rnv.
HP-UX
ifconfig
command.
host address Also, host number.
The host address is that portion of
the internet address that is
unique to the network. The host
address identifies a particular
node on the network. Refer to
“Internet Addresses” in this
chapter for a definition of Internet
address classes.
If the IP address is 192.6.23.3
(Class C), and subnet address is
255.255.255.0, then the host
address portion is 3.
Combined with
network address in
/etc/hosts.
Typically used
in combination
with the
network
address to form
an internet
address.
HP-UX
ifconfig
command.
Table 7-3 (Continued) (Continued)Network Address Types, Descriptions,
Address
Type
Description Recorded In Used By