Revox Re:source MMM - Manual (Page 8)

Multi Media Re:source
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Glossary
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ETWORK TERMINOLOGY
General
The network switch ensures the correct
connections between the individual
components. In order to make this
possible, each device within a network
must be capable of being uniquely
identified. Each component therefore, is
given its own address, the so-called IP
address. The IP address is made up
four blocks of numbers, each of which
can contain up to three digits. These
blocks of numbers are separated by a
full stop, e.g. 192.168.1.1.
Each of the individual blocks of digits
can have a value between 1 and 254.
The values 0 and 255 are in part
reserved for special functions and
therefore shouldn't be used. In order to
ensure a secure function of your
network, addresses from the pre-
defined range should be used, i.e.:
fundamentally, the first two blocks
should be 192.168.xxx.xxx; the third
block can be selected from the values
in the range mentioned above (must be
the same for all the devices within a
network however) and the fourth block
should be used to differentiate each
device,
e.g.: MMM 192.168.001.001
NAS: 192.168.001.002
PC: 192.168.001.003
If you don't just want to use devices
within the local network but also music
sources from the Internet (Internet
radio), the MMM must have the
possibility of being able to access the
Internet. This can be achieved, for
example, through a router with a
connection to a DSL network. This
router is also a part of the network and
will be assigned its own IP address. In
order to enable this connection to
the outside world actually to be
established, the MMM must additionally
be informed of the address of the router
(Gateway).
It must be ensured that the first three
blocks of the Device IP, the Gateway IP
and the DNS 1 are within the same
address range, e.g. 192.168.0.xxx. The
fourth block assigns a unique address
("house number") to the components in
the local network. This number may
only occur once within the local
network. The Device IP mask should
always be given the address
255.255.255.0.
DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is
one of the most important services in
the Internet. Its main task is that of
converting Internet address like
www.revox.de for example, into its
corresponding IP address. As a rule,
the router in home networks fulfils the
function of the DNS.
If you should decide for the manual
network configuration (without DHCP),
just enter the address of your router as
the DNS address during network
configuration.
LAN
Local Area Network
Local cabled network
A LAN connection to the MMM is the
most fault-tolerant and problem free
transmission technology, which offers
much more security against
eavesdropping than WLANs or Power
LANs.