Atheros IEEE 802.11a/g WLAN Router, User Manual

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When you modify it, if the DHCP server function of your 802.11a/g Router is enabled, the pool of
IP addresses it will use for assignment purposes will also be automatcailly adjusted accordingly. For
example, if the default IP address is used, the IP address pool for assignment consists of addresses
from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. However, please do not change the default IP address unless
you know exactly what you want to achieve.
Then you should press Next to get to the next screen.
If you choose to use an external DHCP Server to automatically assign an IP address to your 802.11a/g
Router, check the button that says, “
Use the DHCP protocol to automatically get the IP address
for this device ”, and then press Next to the next screen.
When an IP address is dynamically assigned to the router, its value can change depending on the IP
address assignment policy used by the DHCP server in the network. Since you need to use an IP
address to control and manage your 802.11a/g Router, without the knowledge of its IP address, in
order to access it, you will need to use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) or other management tools that
do not depend on a fixed IP address.
It is strongly recommended that you select the manual static IP address.
C O N F I G U R E T H E I S P P R O F I L E
In the following configuration screen, as with the usual convention, radio buttons are used to
make a selection when only one out of multiple mutually exclusive choices can be selected, while
square check boxes can be used to select multiple non-mutually-exclusive choices.
When configuring the device for Internet access, decide which one of the following multiple
choices to select (through radio buttons):
1. You can use a static IP address provided by your ISP to connect to the Internet. In this case,
you need to configure the following information:
•
IP Address Assigned by your ISP : the IP address of the WAN interface of your router.
• IP Subnet Mask : the IP subnet mask of the WAN interface of your router.
•
ISP Gateway IP Address : the IP address of your ISP’s Gateway.
•
DNS IP Address : the IP address of the DNS server.
2. You use the user name and password assigned by your ISP to connect to the Internet
(required for the underlying PPPoE protocol). In this case, you need to configure the
following information:
• User name : the username of your ISP account.
•
Password : the password of your ISP account.
• Idle time : The Idle Timeout is the number of seconds of "inactivity" before an
established PPPoE connection is taken down.