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2-6 Wired LAN Configurations
Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those
computers connect to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet
cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they
must have a valid IP address.
There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP
address (set the IP address for every computer manually), and
dynamic IP address (IP address of computers will be assigned by
router automatically. It’s recommended for most of computers to
use dynamic IP address, it will save a lot of time on setting IP
addresses for every computer, especially when there are a lot of
computers in your network; for servers and network devices which
will provide services to other computer and users that come from
Internet, static IP address should be used, so other computes can
locate the server.
