Represents the IP address of this Gateway. The IP address identifies the Gateway on the network and assists in the routing of messages. Each Gateway must have a unique IP address for the network to operate properly. A write to this attribute is ignored when the DHCP Enable attribute is True. A read of this attribute returns either the user specified value or the value determined from DHCP.
Certain IP addresses are invalid and cannot be written successfully. The network address portion of the IP address is computed by including all bits in which the corresponding bit from the IP mask is 1. The device address portion of the IP address is computed by including all bits in which the corresponding bit from the IP mask is 0. Neither the network address nor device address can be all zero bits or all one bits. For example, if the IP mask is 255.255.0.0, the following IP addresses are invalid: 0.0.100.100 and 100.100.0.0.
The IP Address attribute can be set explicitly, or it may be automatically set using the DHCP server. Using a DHCP server may change this attribute even if you have set it up explicitly. See the DHCP Enabled attribute.
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