HP 175X HP Jetdirect 175x Print Server - (English) User Guide - Page 23
Addresses, Internet Protocol IP.
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NETWORKS Addresses Each device on the network has a unique address. This allows you to communicate with a specific computer (or other device, such as a printer). That way, your email doesn't go to everybody, and your print job doesn't get printed simultaneously on all printers on the network. There are several addressing schemes for networks. Of these, the most popular is that of the Internet Protocol (IP). In addition to being used on the Internet, IP addressing can also be used for standalone networks that don't connect to the Internet. The network addresses shown in the illustration are sample IP addresses. Other network addressing schemes you may encounter include IPX (used with Novell NetWare networks), DLC, and AppleTalk. In this tutorial, we limit our discussion of network addressing to IP addressing, as it is the most popular. The number of possible IP addresses is huge. So is the number of Internet users, and the possibility of conflicts is a real one. If you use IP addresses on your LAN and that LAN connects to the Internet, you must be careful to use addresses that have come from a reliable source, such as your Internet service provider (ISP).