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Figure 2-8: Host RJ-11 IP Gateway: Protocol Settings

ThehostsareidentifiedbytheirIPaddressorHostnameand

TCPport.Youmayalsospecifywildcards.Specifichostnames

and/orportnumberstakeprecedenceoverthewildcards.An

asteriskfortheIPaddress/hostname(forinstance“*:443”)

meansanyotherhostwhenconnectingonport443.An

asterisk

fortheportnumber(forinstance“host.peer.com:*”)

referstoanyotherportonthathost.Andadoubleasterisk

(“*:*”)referstoallotherhosts.

Network Configuration

TheNetworkConfigurationgroupconfiguressettingsforthe

RJ‐45Ethernetport.

Network Settings

TheNetworkSettingspageallowsyoutosettheIPaddress,

theIPnetmask,andtheTCPkeep‐alivesettings.

EveryIPaddresscontainstwopiecesofinformation:the

networknumberandthehostnumber.Anetworknumberis

assignedtoeachlocalareanetworkandissharedbyallthe

networkdevicesonthatnetwork.Eachnetworkdevice,or

“host”,isassignedauniquehostnumber.TheIP netmask

defines

whichportionofanIPaddresscontainsthenetwork

number,andwhichportioncontainsthehostnumber.The

defaultnetmaskdependsonthe“class”oftheIPaddressthat

youareusing.

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