Advanced Settings
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NETGEAR Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1310
DHCP Settings
By default, the router functions as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server,
allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and default gateway addresses to all computers
connected to the router’s LAN. The assigned default gateway address is the LAN address of
the router. IP addresses is assigned to the attached computers from a pool of addresses
specified in this screen. Each pool address is tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate
addresses on the LAN.
For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory.
Use Router as DHCP Server
If another device on your network will be the DHCP server, or if you will manually configure
the network settings of all your computers, clear the
Use Router as DHCP Server
check box
on the LAN IP Setup screen. Otherwise, leave it selected.
Specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by filling in the Starting IP Address and
Ending IP Address fields. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as
the router’s LAN IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a
range between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254, although you might want to save part of the
range for devices with fixed addresses.
The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:
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An IP address from the range you have defined.
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Subnet mask.
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Gateway IP address is the router’s LAN IP address.
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Primary DNS server, if you entered a primary DNS address in the Basic Settings screen;
otherwise, the router’s LAN IP address.
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Secondary DNS server, if you entered a secondary DNS address in the Basic Settings
screen.
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WINS server (Windows Internet Naming Service Server) determines the IP address
associated with a particular Windows computer. A WINS server records and reports a list
DHCP Server
For more
information, see
DHCP Settings
on page 75.
Use Router as a DHCP
Server
This check box is usually selected so that the router functions as a
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
Starting IP Address
Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the
same subnet as the router.
Ending IP Address
Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the
same subnet as the router.
Address Reservation
For more information, see
DHCP Settings
on page 75.
When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the
LAN, that computer receives the same IP address each time it
accesses the router’s DHCP server. Assign reserved IP addresses
to servers that require permanent IP settings.
Settings
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