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You must have an IP address (Internet Protocol address) to set up a network connection . This is a unique number that is the end point address for your computer on the network. These are usually provided as 4 numbers separated by dots, each number is one byte of a 32 bit word (e.g. 130.194.64.2),
This IP address must be allocated to you by a central authority to avoid clashes, so please do not attempt to pick an IP address yourself. If you do this, you risk annoying a large number of people who rely on the computer whose IP address you have stolen.
IP addresses may be grouped into smaller networks or subnets by the use of a mask. This determines how much of the address is used to identify the host with the rest of the address identifying the subnet. For example 255.255.255.0 is a mask that specifies that the 1st 24 bits are for the subnet, and the last 8 bits represent the host, there being a maximum of 256 hosts in that subnet, whereas 255.255.252.0 provides for 10 bits to specify the host in a 1024 host subnet. The mask and subnet can be specified together, for example 130.194.224.0/22 specifies a 1024 host subnet starting at 130.194.224.0, its mask would be 255.255.252.0.
To make the IP address easier to remember and use, it is allocated a hostname and a domainname. The hostname is a name you can choose (within reason) for your computer, and the domainname represents the authority that has allocated your IP address.
The domainname is hierarchical. It is a series of strings separated by dots (e.g. csse.monash.edu.au) with the top of the hierarchy represented by the rightmost string. There is often no unique direct mapping of the strings to the dot components of an IP address.
The mapping of a hostname and domain name to an IP address is done by Domain Name Servers (DNS). At least one has to be known to your computer so it can lookup hosts and find their IP addresses.
The Internet is not just one large wire, but a collection of subnets. Messages are passed between these subnets using special computers called routers that have a connection to more than one subnet. Each host on the network must know a default router to which it can sent its messages that are destined for locations off the local subnet. The routers maintain tables of routes to locations so they know where to send your messages.
Each computers network interface card also has an inbuilt MAC (Media Access Control) address. This is often termed its hardware address as it is supposed to be hard wired to the equipment itself. It is used by the router to identify the computer to which an IP address has been allocated. It is also used by the network servers that can provide all the network configuration parameters for a computer automatically.
All computers on the network must be registered through technical services. If your computer has been provided for you, this will have already been done.
If you have brought in your own computer, you must get permission to attach it to the network and provide
Send this information to technical services and you will receive email notification of when your computer is registered. If you do not have access to a computer on the network, please arrange this with whomever introduced you to CSSE, or your course coordinator, or your supervisor. We cannot provide this service for any one not officially registered with CSSE.
To configure your computers network connection you will need "administrator" or "root" access. You can obtain all the network parameters and insert them manually (not recommended), or you can set up your computer to obtain them automatically (recommended).
The mechanism for automatically obtaining the network parameters is called DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Although this mechanism is termed dynamic, in practice at Monash the IP address allocated does not change unless you shift to another subnet, or a rare network reorganization occurs.
The following instructions assume you have already created a network connection.
The following information is provided for those who wish to configure their network connection manually (not recommended)
The first step it to identify which CSSE subnet you are operating on. Your allocated IP address can be used to work this out from the table below.
| CSSE subnet | Subnet specification |
Usable IP addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Staff (Caulfield) | 224/23 | 130.194.224.1 - 130.194.224.239 130.194.225.1 - 130.194.225.239 |
| Staff (Clayton) | 226/23 | 130.194.226.1 - 130.194.226.239 130.194.227.1 - 130.194.227.239 |
| Postgraduate and Research (Caulfield) | 66/24 | 130.194.66.1 - 130.194.66.239 |
| Postgraduate and Research (Clayton) | 67/24 | 130.194.67.1 - 130.194.67.239 |
| Honours/Masters (Clayton) | 172.19.74.0/24 | 172.19.74.1 - 172.19.74.239 |
| Honours/Masters (Caulfield) | 172.19.75.0/24 | 172.19.75.1 - 172.19.75.239 |
| Undergraduate labs (shared with Faculty) |
68/22 | 130.194.68.1 - 130.194.68.239 130.194.69.1 - 130.194.69.239 130.194.70.1 - 130.194.70.239 130.194.71.1 - 130.194.71.239 |
| Wireless network (Caulfield) | 251/24 | 130.194.251.1 - 130.194.251.239 |
| Grangenet (Caulfield) | 229.0/27 | 130.194.229.1 - 130.194.229.29 |
| Grangenet (Clayton) | 229.32/27 | 130.194.229.33 - 130.194.229.62 |
| CSSE Servers (Clayton) | 64.0/26 | 130.194.64.1 - 130.194.64.55 |
| CSSE Servers (Caulfield) | 64.64/26 | 130.194.64.65 - 130.194.64.119 |
| Academic Servers (Caulfield) | 64.128/28 | 130.194.64.129 - 130.194.64.142 |
| Academic Servers (Clayton) | 64.144/28 | 130.194.64.145 - 130.194.64.157 |
| PlanetLab | 64.160/29 | 130.194.64.161 - 130.194.64.165 |
| Cluster | 64.192/26 | 130.194.64.193 - 130.194.64.247 |
| Backup (internal) | 172.16.64/24 | 172.16.64.1 - 172.16.64.254 |
| Cluster (internal) | 172.16.65/24 | 172.16.65.1 - 172.16.65.254 |
| Private (internal)‡ | 172.16.252.0/22 | 172.16.252.1 - 172.16.255.254 |
‡Please note: The Private (internal) network is a set of IP address that have been allocated for use by anyone in CSSE. However, no ITS routers have been set up to route these addresses so they should only be used on private networks not connected to any wall ports.
Now, choose the network parameters relevant to the subnet you will be on. You may not need to specify all of them.
| CSSE subnet | Netmask | Gateway | Broadcast | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff (Caulfield) | 255.255.254.0 | 130.194.225.254 | 130.194.225.255 | 130.194.224.0 |
| Staff (Clayton) | 255.255.254.0 | 130.194.227.254 | 130.194.227.255 | 130.194.226.0 |
| Postgraduate and Research (Caulfield) | 255.255.255.0 | 130.194.66.254 | 130.194.66.255 | 130.194.66.0 |
| Postgraduate and Research (Clayton) | 255.255.255.0 | 130.194.67.254 | 130.194.67.255 | 130.194.67.0 |
| Honours/Masters (Clayton) | 255.255.255.0 | 172.19.74.254 | 172.19.74.255 | 172.19.74.0 |
| Honours/Masters (Caulfield) | 255.255.255.0 | 172.19.75.254 | 172.19.75.255 | 172.19.75.0 |
| Undergraduate labs | 255.255.252.0 | 130.194.71.254 | 130.194.71.255 | 130.194.68.0 |
| Wireless network | 255.255.255.0 | 130.194.251.254 | 130.194.251.255 | 130.194.251.0 |
| Grangenet (Caulfield) | 255.255.255.224 | 130.194.229.30 | 130.194.229.31 | 130.194.229.0 |
| Grangenet (Clayton) | 255.255.255.224 | 130.194.229.62 | 130.194.229.63 | 130.194.229.32 |
| CSSE servers (Clayton) | 255.255.255.192 | 130.194.64.62 | 130.194.64.63 | 130.194.64.0 |
| CSSE Servers (Caulfield) | 255.255.255.192 | 130.194.64.126 | 130.194.64.127 | 130.194.64.64 |
| Academic Servers (Caulfield) | 255.255.255.240 | 130.194.64.142 | 130.194.64.143 | 130.194.64.128 |
| Academic Servers (Clayton) | 255.255.255.240 | 130.194.64.158 | 130.194.64.159 | 130.194.64.144 |
| PlanetLab | 255.255.255.248 | 130.194.64.166 | 130.194.64.167 | 130.194.64.160 |
| Cluster | 255.255.255.192 | 130.194.64.254 | 130.194.64.255 | 130.194.64.192 |
| Backup (internal) | 255.255.255.0 | n/a | 172.16.64.255 | 172.16.64.0 |
| Cluster (internal) | 255.255.255.0 | 172.16.65.254 | 172.16.65.255 | 172.16.65.0 |
| Private (internal) | 255.255.252.0 | n/a | 172.16.65.255 | 172.16.65.0 |
Please use the settings appropriate to the campus you are on. You may use DNS servers for the other campus, however it may be slower and you will be subject to the slight risk of failure of the network link between campuses.
You may swap the ordering of the first two entries if you like so that not everyone has the same first preference DNS server.
Caulfield:
130.194.64.65 (dns-caul-1.csse.monash.edu.au)
130.194.64.66 (dns-caul-2.csse.monash.edu.au)
130.194.7.99 (ns2.monash.edu.au, managed by ITS)Clayton:
130.194.64.1 (dns-clay-1.csse.monash.edu.au)
130.194.64.2 (dns-clay-2.csse.monash.edu.au)
130.194.1.99 (ns1.monash.edu.au, managed by ITS)
Do not use these DNS addresses if you are connecting to a network outside of the CSSE domain. Contact that network provider for the appropriate DNS addresses for their network.
WINS is the Microsoft Windows equivalent of DNS. Various Microsoft network services (eg shared folders) rely on Microsoft networking in addition to TCP/IP networking. Access to a WINS server is required to be able to resolve NetBIOS resource names, and connect to Microsoft networking services, not local to your subnet.
The CSSE WINS server is on our server subnet and must be referenced to access the CSSE Microsoft networking services (SAMBA)
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WINS Server
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130.194.64.3 |
