Specifications

Installation and startup procedure
RS2-4R
Release 1.0 03/04
3.4 Basic settings
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3.4 Basic settings
The RS2-4R is designed for ease of use and complies as far as possible with
the "plug and play" principle. IP address(es) must be entered when the
RS2-
4R
is installed for the first time.
The RS2-4R provides 6 options for configuring the IP addresses:
D Entry via the V.24 connection
D Entry by HiDiscovery protocol
D Configuration via BOOTP
D Configuration via DHCP
D Configuration via DHCP Option 82 and
D The AutoConfiguration Adapter
3.4.1 IP address (version 4)
The IP addresses consist of 4 bytes. These 4 bytes are written in decimal
notation, separated by a decimal point.
Since 1992, five classes of IP address have been defined in the RFC 1340.
Class Network address Host address Address range
A 1 Byte 3 Bytes 1.0.0.0 to 126.255.255.255
B 2 Bytes 2 Bytes 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.255.255
C 3 Bytes 1 Byte 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255
D 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
E 240.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
Table 3: IP address classification