Netopia R3100 Network Router User Manual


 
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Appendix B — Setting Up Telco Services ...................................B-1
Obtaining an ISDN line ................................................... B-1
Finding an ISDN service provider ........................... B-1
Choosing an ISDN line.......................................... B-1
Ordering an ISDN line ........................................... B-1
Completing the ISDN worksheet...................................... B-5
Appendix C — North American Telco Provisioning for ISDN.........C-1
Appendix D — Setting Up Internet Services ...............................D-1
Finding an Internet service provider................................. D-1
Unique requirements............................................ D-1
Pricing and support .............................................. D-2
ISP’s Point of presence ........................................ D-2
Endorsements ..................................................... D-2
Deciding on an ISP account ............................................ D-2
Setting up a Netopia R3100 account..................... D-2
Obtaining an IP host address ................................ D-2
SmartIP™............................................................ D-2
Obtaining information from the ISP.................................. D-3
Local LAN IP address information to obtain ............ D-3
Appendix E — Understanding IP Addressing...............................E-1
What is IP?.................................................................... E-1
About IP addressing....................................................... E-1
Subnets and subnet masks .................................. E-2
Example: Using subnets on a Class C IP internet.... E-3
Example: Working with a Class C subnet................ E-5
Distributing IP addresses ............................................... E-5
Technical note on subnet masking......................... E-6
Configuration ....................................................... E-7
Manually distributing IP addresses ........................ E-8
Using address serving.......................................... E-8
Tips and rules for distributing IP addresses............ E-8