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SPEEDLAN 9000 Installation and Operation User Guide
3-14 Using the SPEEDLAN 9000 Configurator
Internet Address, as well as entering the name of the DHCP host. To activate this page, choose the
interface from the Interfaces menu. The following page will appear.
After you choose the appropriate interface, you will be able to view the following parameters:
Hardware Address: In a LAN environment each network interface contains its own
Medium Access Control (MAC) address which is the embedded and unique hardware num-
ber.
Status: This is the state of the interface. Up - ready to pass packets; Down - cannot pass
packets; Testing - in some test mode.
IP Address: This address tells the network how to locate the computers or network equip-
ment connected to it.
Netmask: The netmask is a 4-byte number that masks the network part of the Internet Pro-
tocol IP address, so only the host computer part of the address remains.
Current Mode: Manual or DHCP.