Address Manager uses different icons to show the state and functionality of different types of IP addresses.
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Unassigned addresses | Appear as white icons. These addresses are available and unassigned. |
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Network ID and broadcast addresses | Appear as red icons. These addresses are usually the first and last addresses in the network, respectively. |
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Gateway addresses | Appear as orange icons. These addresses are network gateway (router) addresses. |
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Static addresses | Appear as blue icons. These addresses are statically assigned hosts and are only used for DNS purposes. |
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Reserved addresses | Appear as green icons. These addresses are reserved for future use. While reserved, the address can't be assigned a DNS host name and can't be deployed to DHCP. |
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DHCP assigned addresses | Appear as blue icons with a dot. These addresses are dynamically assigned through DHCP to the given MAC address. |
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DHCP unassigned address | Appear as white icons with a dot. These addresses are part of a DHCP range, but haven't yet been assigned to a host. |
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DHCP free addresses | Appear as white icons with a dot and information symbol. These addresses were dynamically assigned through DHCP but are now in a free or unallocated state. |
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DHCP reserved addresses | Appear as green icons with a dot. These addresses represent DHCP reservations, and may not yet be assigned to a host. These addresses can be inside or outside of a DHCP range. |
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DHCP excluded addresses | Appear as white icons with a dot and error symbol. These addresses will not be assigned dynamically from a Windows DHCP server. |
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DHCP abandoned addresses | Appear as blue icons with a dot and red marker. These addresses were assigned
by the DHCP server and marked as abandoned when either one of the following cases
occur:
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