/NETWORK_MASK=IP_address Required if you use subnets. The part of the host field of the IP address identified as the subnet. The software calculates the default by the following methods: o Setting the bits representing the network fields to 1 o Setting the bits representing the host field to 0 An IP address consists of a network number and a host number. You can also divide the host field into a site-specific subnetwork and host field.