Sierra Wireless RJ-11 Network Card User Manual


 
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Figure 2-8: Host RJ-11 IP Gateway: Protocol Settings
ThehostsareidentifiedbytheirIPaddressorHostnameand
TCPport.Youmayalsospecifywildcards.Specifichostnames
and/orportnumberstakeprecedenceoverthewildcards.An
asteriskfortheIPaddress/hostname(forinstance“*:443”)
meansanyotherhostwhenconnectingonport443.An
asterisk
fortheportnumber(forinstance“host.peer.com:*”)
referstoanyotherportonthathost.Andadoubleasterisk
(“*:*”)referstoallotherhosts.
Network Configuration
TheNetworkConfigurationgroupconfiguressettingsforthe
RJ45Ethernetport.
Network Settings
TheNetworkSettingspageallowsyoutosettheIPaddress,
theIPnetmask,andtheTCPkeepalivesettings.
EveryIPaddresscontainstwopiecesofinformation:the
networknumberandthehostnumber.Anetworknumberis
assignedtoeachlocalareanetworkandissharedbyallthe
networkdevicesonthatnetwork.Eachnetworkdevice,or
“host”,isassignedauniquehostnumber.TheIP netmask
defines
whichportionofanIPaddresscontainsthenetwork
number,andwhichportioncontainsthehostnumber.The
defaultnetmaskdependsonthe“class”oftheIPaddressthat
youareusing.