ActionTec Wireless-Ready DSL Gateway, User Manual

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Chapter 5 Advanced Setup
Action tec strongly recommends leaving the
DHCP
Server option On . If the
DHCP
Server option is Off , ensure the
IP
addresses of the networked computers are on
the same subnet as the
IP
address of the Gateway. For more information, see
“
DHCP
Server Configuration.”
DHCP Server Configuration
Clicking Next in the “
DHCP
Server” screen generates the “
DHCP
Server
Configuration” screen. Change
IP
address range and
DNS
server information here.
Beginning
IP
Address - the
IP
address at which the
DHCP
server
starts assigning
IP
addresses. Action tec recommends keeping the
factory default setting (192.168.0.2).
Ending
IP
Address - the
IP
Address at which the
DHCP
Server stops
assigning
IP
addresses. Action tec recommends keeping the facto-
ry default settings (192.168.0.254).
The beginning and ending
IP
addresses define the
IP
address range of the
Gateway. If the default values are left intact, the Gateway supplies a unique IP
address between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 to each computer on the net-
work. Note that the first three groups of numbers of the addresses are identical;
this means they are on the same subnet. The
IP
address of the Gateway must be
on the same subnet as the
IP
address range it generates. For instance, if the
Gateway’s
IP
address is changed to 10.33.222.1, set the beginning
IP
address to
10.33.222.2, and the ending
IP
address to 10.33.222.254.
DNS
(Dynamic or Static) - the type of
DNS
server provided by the
Internet Service Provider (
ISP)
. If the
ISP
provided
DNS
server
information, select the type here. If not, leave as is.
DNS
Server 1 - the primary
DNS
server provided by the Internet
Service Provider (
ISP)
. If the
ISP
provided
DNS
server informa-
tion, enter it here. If not, leave the text box intact.