Philips 5900 Manuale Utente

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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

The print server must be correctly configured with the following 

information to function properly:

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an IP address

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a  subnet  mask

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a default gateway (or router)

IP Address

Each device on your network must have a unique IP address to operate 

correctly. An IP address identifies the address of the device to which data 

is being sent and the address of the destination network. IP addresses 

have the format n.n.n.x where n is a decimal number between 0 and 255 

and x is a number between 1 and 254 inclusive. 

Subnet Mask

In addition to the IP address, you need to set a subnet mask. All networks 

are divided into smaller sub-networks and a subnet mask is a number that 

enables a device to identify the sub-network to which it is connected.

For your network to work correctly, all devices on the subnet must have:

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The same sub-network address

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The same subnet mask

The only value that will be different is the specific host device number. 

This value must always be unique. The size of the network determines the 

structure of the IP addresses in it. 

Default Gateway

In a network using subnets, the router that forwards traffic to a 

destination outside of the subnet of the transmitting device. If there is a 

server or a router which functions as a gateway, enter the IP address of 

the server or the router. 

IP Address and Subnet

Mask Structures

Two of the most common types of IP address and subnet mask structures 

are described here:

In a small (Class C) network, the IP address example ‘192.168.3.191’ is 

split into two parts:

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Part one (‘192.168.3’) identifies the network on which the device 
resides.

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Part two (‘.191’) identifies the device within the network.

This type of IP address generally operates on a subnet mask of 

‘255.255.255.0’.