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for
the
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Wire
less
VPN Fir
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wal
l FVG318
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4
A
dvance
d
Co
nfigu
ratio
n
BE
TA
Using the Firewall as a DHCP server
By default,
the firewall functions
as a DHCP
(Dyn
amic Host Co
nfig
uration
Pro
tocol
) serv
er
,
allow
ing
it to
assign IP
, DNS server
, a
nd de
fa
ult
ga
tewa
y addre
sses
to all
co
mputers connec
ted to
the
firew
all's LAN. The as
signed defa
ult ga
teway
addres
s is the LAN a
ddress of
the firewa
ll. IP
addresses will be assigned to the attached PCs fro
m
a
pool of addresses spec
ified
in this menu.
Each pool addre
ss is tested be
fore it is ass
igned to
av
oid duplicate addresse
s on
the LAN.
For most applicati
ons,
the default
DHCP
and T
C
P/
IP settings of t
he firewall
are satisfactory
. See
“IP Co
nfig
uration
b
y DHCP” on
page B-1
0
” for an explanation of
D
H
CP
an
d information about
how to as
sign IP a
ddresse
s for your
network.
If an
oth
er
device on
yo
ur
network
wi
ll be th
e DHCP
server
, or if you
wi
ll
manually configure
the
network settings of
all
of your computers,
clear the
U
se r
oute
r as DHCP ser
ver
ch
eck
bo
x.
Othe
rwise, leave it checked.
To
spec
ify the
pool of IP address
es to be ass
igne
d, se
t the S
ta
rting IP Addres
s and Ending IP
Addres
s.
These
a
ddress
es should be pa
rt of the
sa
me IP addres
s subnet as the
fire
wall’
s LAN IP
addres
s. Using
the defa
ult addressing
scheme
, you
should define
a ra
nge betwee
n
192.168.0.2 a
nd
19
2.1
68
.0.2
53
, a
lth
ou
gh
yo
u
m
ay
w
ish to
s
ave
part o
f
th
e ran
ge
fo
r de
vice
s with fixe
d ad
dre
sse
s.
The
firewall will
deliver t
he fo
llowing parameters to
any L
A
N device
that requests DHCP:
•
A
n
IP ad
dre
ss from
th
e ran
ge
yo
u h
ave
defin
ed
•
S
ub
ne
t m
ask
•
G
ate
w
ay
IP addre
ss (the
fire
wall’
s LAN IP
ad
dress
)
•
P
rimary DNS server (if
you entered
a primar
y DNS addre
ss in the Basic
Se
ttings
menu;
otherwise,
the firewall’
s LAN
IP address)
•
S
econdary
DNS server (if
you ent
ered
a
second
ary DNS address i
n the
Basic Settings menu
Note:
If you change the
LA
N IP a
ddress of
the
firewa
ll while connecte
d through
the
browser
, you will be disconne
cted. Y
ou must then open a
new connection to the new I
P
addres
s and log in again.