Basic TCP/IP Terminology
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have some sort of connection to the corresponding card, such as
SB0001FF, or to the printer.
Allocating the Host
Name
The host name must be assigned to the IP address. This is carried
out either in the 'hosts' file or on the DNS or WINS server. In this
manual, only the allocation of the host name to the IP address
using the 'hosts' file is described. Please read the relevant section
in the documentation of your operating system if necessary.
What Is the File
'hosts'?
The 'hosts' file is an internal system file in which the allocation of
the host names to the IP addresses is stored.
Syntax: <IP address> <host name>
Example: 192.168.0.123 SB0001FF
The 'hosts' file is located in the 'windows' directory in Windows
networks and in the 'etc' directory in UNIX networks. In other
operating systems, such as AS/400 for example, the name of the
allocation file may differ.
1.2.4. ARP Table
What Is the ARP
Table?
The ARP table is an internal system file in which the allocation of
IP addresses to hardware addresses is stored. This table is
administred by the ARP protocol, whereby the entries expire after
approximately 15 minutes and can therefore be forgotten. You can
display and edit the ARP table using the 'arp' command.
The ARP table is needed for saving the IP addresses in a print
server if no boot protocol is used (see "The 'arp' and 'ping'
Commands" section on page 1-10).
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